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John Trainor

John Trainor

The wronged wife.

Did you see?
In her eyes,
That sparkle?
 
I think she knew you once,
 
Or twice!
 
And yet, did not know you!
 
For, in truth,
                       I
                        Know
                            You!
 
And my eyes are dull!

(1986)

Autres oeuvres par John Trainor...
Nowhere

Where are you going? Eyes of blue. With your car crash of a life. Displayed for all the world to see… Bloated face and gut.
A boy on a beach.

A boy on a beach, playing games? Playing dead. As the human race watches, At home, safe in its bed. And half the world mourns,
The Ex

What is this fad collecting Exes… I am so glad we stayed friends. Oh yes he was over for the weekend… Now I know it’s nice to be nice. But banish the Ex to the fog of h…
A thought for the grammar police

I wanted to drink it, I drank it, It’s drunk. I wanted to sink it, I sank it,
Ode to an old man

Christs day is here, You’re sitting alone. No presents or cards, The loved ones all gone, It’s the most wonderful time of th…
 1
One Night Stand

I only have a moment before my hea… Wishing I could linger here, Shrug off the sweet repose of slee… Which is coming, And the darkness fills my head.
A voters dilemma

When I get my postal vote I’ll sc… Ponder over which way to go, weigh… I just can’t trust Clegg the betr… Of calm and cuddles and logic and… That when we voted for liberal dem…
 1
Love is . . . .

I feel you, Know you are there, Pressing close, Behind me. Yes.
With Dragon

With dragon, lay in crook twixt le… Whilst worlds around me move, And when I wake no longer shall I… No more to prove, No half baked scheme,
 1
Suicide

You shouldn’t have to live because… It’s not that I don’t love you or… It’s just that sometimes the pain… We live in a society where suicide… Failure.
 2
Christmas 2020– Lockdown!

For Christmas this year, I shall paint my fat face! I can do that you know. A clown, A queen,
Maspalomas Pride 2015

I don’t do drugs, I don’t do sex. I don’t like hugs, I don’t like pecs. I don’t do dunes or nudey beach.
Manic Depression

Creative genius, (I’ve heard it said,) Is nurtured in the madman’s head. His ups and downs, Frequent mistakes,
Stardust

He’d been there, done that, seen the movie, read the book. A life well lived and well informed, that knowing look. He said, “there’ll come a time when I’m not here to watch you wend you...
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Love For Luke

I cannot begin To capture my Love for you In prose or Haiku



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