Shopping List
Toothpaste √
Bread √
Marge √
Some flour √
Someone to love me…
Milk √
Biscuits √
Friends
That girl on the train
A dozen eggs √
Cheese √
Sex
Washing powder √
Cornflakes √
You
Street Scene
That’s a tanning studio
That’s a chippy
That’s a tanning studio
That’s a hairdressers
Empty shop
Empty shop
Empty shop
That’s a smoke free Wetherspoons
That’s a closed pub
That’s a closed pub
That’s a closed pub
That’s a couple strapped
for cash
That’s a family next door
whose giro
couldn’t last
That’s a fake tan
That’s a discarded chip paper
That’s another fake tan
That’s just a street
come to the end
The Sound of Silence
I love the sounds of
America
its melting pot
spilling onto the streets
Its ability to fly in
no fly zones – its ability
to kill people who have
nothing to eat
I love the sounds of
America
setting souls on fire
its love of freedom
its pursuit of pain
all in God’s name
I love the sounds of America
echoed in Downing street
wherever you go I go
whatever you say I say
whenever you die I die
God bless America
land of the free
lighting up the world
Terrifying me
David was born in Liverpool (England) in 1964. He left school with nothing, rummaging around various dead end jobs. He then went to college and university. In his 20’s he first discovered poetry, and starting writing and performing and has done so ever since. He has lived on the Wirral for the past 8 years.
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All above poems copyright © David R Mellor 2012-13
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