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Petty Peeves

by Haliern

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You’re really not as eloquent, Artistic, Bright or skilled, As the person that you see in you, You’ll never be fulfilled. You’ll keep lying as your soul is dying, Day by wretched day, But your ...


April 29, 2019

Unreserved

Bags are not people. Bus seats are meant for people. You paid for one seat.


April 13, 2019

Lie Berries

Please learn how to speak. It is pronounced “library”. You’re saying it wrong.


Squeezed from the middle. Not the way gods intended. The end should be first.


April 12, 2019

Time to Forget

Unsure of the time. A quick glance at the wristwatch. Didn’t take it in.


April 12, 2019

Milking It

Cornflakes in a bowl, Covered in rancid half-cheese. Smell test forgotten.


April 11, 2019

Hidden Marvels

No more Punisher. Luke Cage and Iron fist… Gone. Netflix seems empty.


April 11, 2019

Missing The Point

Insufficient friction in my fingers was the cause, Despite my grip the pencil slipped And fell onto the floor. I cried and howled and wept and wailed, And clutched the air in vain, But downwards ...


April 11, 2019

Ketchup Labours

Tap tap tap, tap tap. Taptaptap. Taptap. Tap. Tap. Tap tap tap tap splat.


Ticket prices rise. Burning petrol and money. Cramming people in. Twenty pence more, now! Mad, furious passengers! Seething in silence.


April 10, 2019

Boiler on the Blink

Howling with wild rage! Bitter tears for British Gas! Room’s a bit chilly.


April 10, 2019

Ode to Shrinkflation

It’s not because my hands have grown, Or I’m remembering wrong. Much more to pay, much less to own! Where has the chocolate gone? It used to be about the size Of my entire palm! They’ve shrunk th...


April 10, 2019

On Keeping A Cool Head

Soft pillows too warm, Turned them over, but no joy. No face refreshment.


April 10, 2019

Which switch is which?

Two switches for hall, One downstairs and one upstairs, Toggled off when on.


April 10, 2019

Crying While I Wipe

Over, not under! Soft sheets of paper, hung wrong! Toilet trip ruined.


Book Description

Terribly written Poems and Haikus about life’s trivial annoyances