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What's the word for when You're family is more than Just blood? When you walk a wet street In an intermission of clouds and "you alright mate?" -you speak short and "I'm on the bounce mate, Seeyalater" He says "Seeyalater" and -M…

Seeyalater • Opuss № I

It has all come to a head, The decision made: I'm moving. I'll take the least familiar step To live and to love under the same roof. I had a plan, once To live out my twenty somethings With a life long friend But life long has a knew …

Moving In • Opuss № I

There are tents in the park where I live. The canvas garrison of a strong-willed few, Warring one more futile war - However much their cause is true. Because it's only heads that are turned, Not policy - Not the ever-turning wheel of hyp…

Tents In The Park • Opuss № I

The cautious morning Brings the worst of warnings- It seems that dawn brings war- Sing Monstrosities on the western wind, Peace and safety made of porcelain, Not time enough to see the outer gates swing closed and death floods in, On steed…

The Samurai • Opuss № I

The light wandered slowly- Across your skin. In the hours as the sun rose, I watched- Shards make their way from the crest of your head Down to shoulder blades- And beyond. Morning quietly kissed you awake before I had the chance.

Waking • Opuss № I

There once was a man by the river, Who felt an unnatural shiver, He turned in his stride, To an awful surprise, Some arsehole had taken his liver. -AB

The Man By The River • Opuss № I

The world seemed smaller today, Every coloured door closer to it's step. The letterbox a gaping hole, Grinning for some unknown news. So I peek, and I spy, and thumbs imprint- As I grip some unknown frame. Fingers creaking, wood creasin…

Taking In Turns • Opuss № I