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On My Shoulder

You know where it was dialled in from

By BrenPublished about 5 hours ago 1 min read

so it was Saturday

another

doesn’t matter day

i had a hot wind

behind me

blowing my hair

into my face

a crown of sweat

beading

upon my forehead

as i sit here

in the 40 degree shade

listening

to Wall of Voodoo

my throne

an old blue esky

full of canola seed

my kingdom

a vista of

wind-blown leavings

flat tyred pushbikes

my subjects

only the bravest

of breeze resistant bugs

its hot

my thoughts run

a clockwork melting

fuckin hot

i think

to myself

and that hot wind -

she's fickle

teasing me now

as i type

only to be

a heated stillness

in a heartbeat

in the lull

between heated gusts

im wondering

when

and which way

next

she will blow

and

i find

myself thinking

about someone

i don’t know

For Fun

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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