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Things on my mind

A man who has prioritised his cultural stoicism 
And bravado to the exclusion of actual substance.

What a shame it is for a man to feel pain?

 

A piano teacher having her second child.

You hear the swear that she never said;

'Rory, this is the last fucking one!'

 

A dad buying his son drinks. The mum upset if the 

   son takes a sip.

 

More the passion of a younger man the record will

   show.

A blessing in disguise one finds

You can't read people's minds.
 

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Shirley Harrison

I find the power that the young boy seems to be the piggy in the middle at home and the piano teacher flogging a dead horse, not kind language but needed to emote the moment, a young boy lost because no one is asking what he would like or not, your last lines tell me a people pleaser sometimes has to please themselves. A wonderfully emotional poem, with incredible scenes , brings me back to my own childhood. 🌹 I too tried the piano it was only the once 🤣 

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Rory McGinlay

I remember mention of you , in a poem must have been, the scene is you in a bar, at the piano, reciting?

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