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Mandy's Dad

Closer to the heart

By BrenPublished 3 years ago 1 min read

Mandy's dad

was a copper

armed robbery squad

detective sergeant phone book

one of the bashers

(corruption commission dodging fuck)

from the old days

he was a strict prick

with a soft spot

for his little girl

that soft spot

would eventually

become

a rotten hole

that his life

faded out of

bit by bit,

a little each day

first it took his smile

then his confident gait

everything else quickly followed suit

but the diseases he harboured

took a back seat

to the reaper

his little girl

was hanging out with

she was a beautiful fiend

she loved the heroin

more than i did

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About the Creator

Bren

"It's just a token of my extreme!" - Frank Zappa

"Cause it's all in the heat of the moment It's all in the pain!!!" - Devin Townsend

Centre Stage with the wonderful Heather Hubler

I'm writing it out not acting in doubt!

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