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Caged Without Walls

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Roundabouts.
A Caged Memory.
The Depths of Delusion.


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Some things remain the same



New is one model, not better


The things we get used to
Like an actual conversation interrupted
To check the phone
A text takes precedence
Over interaction of face to face
Where constant communication
Is the only way.

When a movie takes far too long
Even ten minutes is an eternity
Where space for thought is erased
And things are missed
Like appointments
And tasks
And homework
There is no time to recall
If the brain is consistently occupied.

When close friends
Never without a texting word
Finally sit by side
And remain on the phone
In silence
Something meaningful is lost.

When schedules are shaken
Incompetency takes over.

When head space is non-existent
Then development is lax.

When addiction takes hold
Self-control is no more.

Immediacy comes at a price
If only they could comprehend
That no matter how the delivery
A true message
Merely takes few words.









To be or not to be? Delete it.





To be or not to be?


There are deleted scenes, deleted chapters, deleted people (if only), so why not a deleted poem?

The poem below originally featured in my debut poetry collection, Caged Without Walls. At the last minute I asked the publisher to remove it. For some reason, it just didn't sit right with the other poems, or with me. I never minded it as such, I thought it amusing and not without truth, yet it didn't seem to quite find a home with the rest. Perhaps it didn't matter. You be the judge.

So here it is, complete with the original writing dates, the one here being the July edit.





Damage


16/4/08
And Feb 2012
And july 2012


I once knew a girl
Who didn’t know herself
She tried to discover it
In every man she met.
Some women too.

She tried to find it with me.
Tempting.

She had a body that required the administration of a legion of sins
And I’m as lustful as the next man
But I didn’t want to be another
Well… comparison.
She was as passionate as she was unstable
And I didn’t want to contribute
To the inevitable volcanic eruption
Coming to your Neighbourhood soon.

Yet I played around the fringes
Scarcely, a little, a tad
But the damned guilt kicked in
You evil fucker
 It said
And still says
Preventing me from being the provincial labourer of Seeds
I was born to be.

I just want you to know
That I did resist
A little, a tad
Yet with the barest scrap of persistence
She wins me over.

Let’s just say,
I wish I had taken out insurance.

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Now I was only a foot soldier in that legion
Keen to work towards General…
But I never saw her again.

Even though I’m wondering about her now
I’m glad I wasn’t there
When that Volcano finally erupted.






Christmas Present


A great idea for a Christmas present as it is full of little stories like these. You don't have to be a avid follower of poetry to enjoy it. I'm happy to sign it for you. Also comes with three bonus mp3's of poems not in the book plus a mini book of poems. 



Caged Without Walls Trailer.




If you haven't got the book yet, without any bias at all I suggest that it is well worth it. You can email me at anthonyjlangford2@yahoo.com.au or directly form the publisher. (Cheaper through me however)  It is also available at Gleebooks, Abbeys and Better Read than Dead in Sydney and Readings Carlton in Melbourne.


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Thank you.

Now available directly, cheaper, signed, through the author....




A couple's conundrum (video)

The Couple that Strays Together...



Louise Bourgeois's The Couple. Photograph: Ivar Kvaal



One for the show, One for the Money. 


Voiceover by Jack Peck.









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