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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 1d

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The ghosts of those we have lost
hover around us #unseen
but still felt
still loved.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 1d

We were trained out of it because one had to slurp!

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 2d

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You want a verse about #energy?
I haven't got the strength
even to walk up the hill
let alone hike at length,
so this poem has to do instead
about how feeble I am today
as I wait for doctor's verdict
on whether I'll live or die.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 3d

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Memory swoops in from childhood
a #saucer shaped bed warmer
electric, underwear pink.
Pa called it 'Sputnik'
back in the day.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 4d

Pratchett goes further, turning modern ideas on their head, as in Going Postal, and managing at the same time to point out absurdities.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 4d

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Is anyone surprised that Dump spouted Russian propaganda at Zelensky, again?
That Man hasn't an #atom of decency in his whole body.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 5d

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Whatever next?
That Man has posted an AI video of himself flying a plane over literally millions of #NoKings protestors, to #hover and dump shit on them.
In Other Words, acting like a gigantic arsehole.
No surprise there, then.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 6d

That chair looks too sculptural for comfort.

Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 6d

Wodehouse - completely different, but fun it their own way. My first husband collected them.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, DeRicki.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 6d

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The lines these days blur
between reality and lies -
Is it AI or real?
Can we trust our eyes?
Are the soldiers we see
striding larger than life
real men or just #androids?

Think I'll carry a knife.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 7d

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Their marriage
so joyous
full of promise
shrivelled within months
to an #arid desert
where he controlled
everything
including her soul.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 8d

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They crawl over Earth like dung #beetles
taking nourishment from hatred & envy
feeding on the excrement of rich racism
their #unearthly miasma reeking
of the Underworld which will claim them
One Day.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 9d

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Who remembers when exciting nights out were a church social with tea and sandwiches, or a #beetle drive with a box of Dairy Milk chocolates as the big prize? Ah, nostalgia!

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 11d

Excellent and sinister.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 11d

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While the world rejoices in the ceasefire, there's an #undertone of unease - when has anything Trump has been involved in turned out well?

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 11d

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There are some apologies for politicians around right now who I would cheerfully throw into a #piranha tank.
Just saying.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you.

Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 13d

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One would need more than a #raincoat for protection if visiting #America right now.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 15d

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We pollute the oceans that give us life,
we fell the forests that make oxygen,
we fill the air with poison -
when our children spread our #ashes
on the damaged earth
will they grieve or curse?

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 16d

This brought back that taste!

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 16d

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I bought a tiny silver box
and filled it with #ashes
just a few teaspoons.
When we bury the wooden box
a little of him stays with me
enclosed in silver
engraved with his name.
Don.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 16d

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It's a good job I don't want to go to America - my views #clash so resoundingly with their government's that I'd be arrested at the border, and my digestion wouldn't cope well with prison food.

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Liz Young @youngliz.bsky.social · 16d

Let's hope America's heroes rise soon.

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