Interpretations By Joe Hakim

This poem is about getting up in the morning getting washed, getting dressed and heading out into the day This poem is about stubbing your toe on the edge of a door This poem is about all the people who are desperate to see you fail This poem is about running out of milk when you're desperate for a brew This poem is about living in the middle of an economic crisis and not caring because you've always been skint anyway This poem is about punching someone in the face This poem is about late night discussions about the BNP and what it all means This poem is about two pigeons fighting over a chip in the town centre, only for another one to come along and steal it This poem is about 636 words long This poem is about the existence of alternate realities where the sky is green, the grass is blue, and you didn't fuck up that relationship This poem is about the demonstration of Power This poem is about a young mother losing her kids because she's addicted to smack This poem is about the War on Terror This poem is about the excuses you give for being late for an appointment This poem is about queuing up for two hours to watch Tim Burton's Batman in 1989 This poem is about loneliness This poem is about the disappointing punchline to the Michael Jackson joke This poem is about the spot above your right eyebrow This poem is about Terence McKenna's Novelty theory, the Mayan calendar and how the world will end on Dec 21 2012 This poem is about how you always regret eating a kebab the morning after This poem is about the graffiti on the Wall which just states: 'JASON HAS A BIG COK' This poem is about having something in your eye This poem is about drinking wine and eating muffins in your room on Friday night because you can't afford to go out This poem is about a hollow tooth with a cyanide pill in it This poem is about Barack Obama's first term as the president of the United States This poem is about losing the connection This poem is about how Oasis turned out to be the biggest let down out of all the Brit-pop generation This poem is about processed meat This poem is about having sex with someone for the very first time This poem is about the environment This poem is about Transformers because there's more than meets the eye This poem is about poetry This poem is about sunburn on your shoulders This poem is about the smell of your shoes after you've had them for a couple of months This poem is about your first wet dream This poem is about falling asleep with the oven on This poem is about the stain on your favourite shirt This poem is about Hollywood This poem is about the frustration you feel when the contestant doesn't know the answer, and you do This poem is about Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds This poem is about the Kaballah and the ten Sephirot as a process of Creation This poem is about the taste of madness and onions This poem is about how The Catcher in the Rye is the most over-rated book of all time This poem is about how you felt after your first E This poem is about going to a funeral and not feeling anything at all This poem is about seeing someone trip over and trying to hold in the laughter This poem is about biting into a burger at a barbecue and realising that it hasn't cooked all the way through This poem is about missing someone's touch This poem is about everything This poem is about nothing

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