Silence Hurts

Smothering feeling, smothering feeling
It hurts to be breathing,
Hurts to be breathing.

Emblazon your face now, emblazon your face now
With tattoos of sunshine,
Tattoos of sunshine.

I've not got filthy lucre, not got filthy lucre
And i've lived my life
Constantly snookered.

The silence hurts when you're on your own
And nobody cares about the thoughts you own.

poem by Neil Solan
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Looking Forward to Death

Give me your cloak!
Give it to me!
Give me your poison anniversary.
Now load me up with all you know and love,
Give me the tears below
And the abyss above.

Come shake my hand,
You can lather mine
With the eerie stench of another time.
Take my torment
And cut it down to size,
Now push these pieces
Into someone else's eyes.

Release me
But don't wave goodbye,
You will see me again
In the velvet sky.
Reverse my name and swallow it whole,

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A Cat Called 'Society

A bucketful of mutiny and I can argue myself to sleep
You my love can be dirty, you my love can be sweet
You my love can be faithful, you my love can be closed
You my love can be homespun
That’s just the way it goes I suppose
Blanket upon filthy blanket
They warm me just the same
This carpet collects the teardrops but nothing else is retained
Our steps do seem uncertain
Our vision is somewhat unclear
Your speech today is mumbled
As we take this walk in nuclear
My menthol mentor aids me
To breathe on from day to day
He tells me
He ensures me
The sky won’t always be this grey
Are you sitting comfortably?
Good, then I’ll begin my tale
I was once a wicked whisper who walked a wicked dale

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poem by Neil Solan
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