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Parapet

Poetry (…one from the universe, idek.)

Cee R.
Aug 28, 2024
China plate with the words ‘plant the seed of your own revolution’
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Warning: war imagery

Stuck my head above the parapet
(Guess I haven’t learned my lesson yet)

They said I was brave
to speak so frankly
but frankly
I’ve never felt it

But when you’re bruised
and confused
what’s one more bullet
in your helmet?

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Cee R.
Cee R.

Written by Cee R.

Writer, poet, (book) blogger @ dorareads.co.uk , Queer, weird, & a tad peculiar. Bookish rebel. Welsh as a tractor on the M4. Buy me a coffee @ ko-fi.com/ceearr

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