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Michelle Dee is a hugely talented writer who's contributions to thisisUll.com include Humber Mouth reviews, music, theatre and art reviews, opinions and many poems.
Michelle is also a contributor to www.thisistheWorld.com
Michelles contributions are listed below..
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Album Reviews - Blue Sand - Changed Names and Slaves EP By Michelle Dee
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I was given the enigmatically titled Blue Sand EP and after a couple of hearings I was hooked.
Blue Sand have played the Linnet and Lark on Princes Avenue and the newly refurbished Ringside venue in recent weeks.
The title track has a touch of early Placebo
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Album Reviews - Silence Kit - Pieonear By Michelle Dee
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Imagine my surprise when I received a disc from Moscow to review.
It was attractively packaged with what I think may be a crude representation of a pangolin;
possibly a polar bear but I favour the pangolin idea, constructed from snow and ice.
The cover folds out to reveal
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Single Reviews - Still Life at the wheel By Michelle Dee
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After a promising start, a distinctive vocal, which can only be described through emotions rather than words,
tells a story of a road trip gone sour.
Short chords punctuate the verse and, at the wheel, gathers pace.
The chorus kicks in followed by rolling guitars.
One or two of the backing vocals seem superfluous but
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Music Reviews -
Saturday 12th February - Last People on Earth and The Morphines at Sweet n Sour, Silhouette Club
By Michelle Dee
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Sweet n Sour has a new home, a new night and a different feel. In order to take advantage of the Saturday night crowd the Sweet n Sour promoters have moved to Silhouette on Park Street.
As I walked up Princes Ave I heard shouting then saw in the distance a brawl breaking out.
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Music Reviews - Thursday 3rd February - Ernest with Park and Ride, Dirty Dreamers and Steve Reed at Thee Box, Asylum By Michelle Dee
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In, what has been a busy week, I had a date with The Asylum pencilled in.
I arrived in good time, and queued with a few others, eventually we were all let in.
Tonight's admission was £4 very reasonable for four acts.
For those not in the know The Asylum is a large venue
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Music Reviews - Wednesday 2nd February 05 - M.J. Hibbett at The Lamp By Michelle Dee
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Tonight the Lamp is filled with an eclectic crowd all anticipating the return of M.J. Hibbett to Hull.
He has brought a Validator with him this time, in the shape of the violinist Tom Mc Clure who appears
on many of the Hibbett Recordings.
Looking around
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Music Reviews - Saturday 29 January - ThisisUll 'avin' it large in Liverpool with Blue Sand and Park and Ride, Courtesy of Under the Influence By Michelle Dee
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The last Saturday in January 2005 is sure to become one of the most treasured days of my life.
Long before we arrived in Liverpool, the excitement was overflowing.
Owing much to all the fun and great atmosphere that my fellow Park and Riders
created
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Reviews, Books - One Man and his Bog - 20 Years of The Adelphi Reviewed By Michelle Dee
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I have just returned home from a Monday night at the Adelphi club on De Grey Street clutching
a prized copy of the unique One Man and his Bog. (The History of the Adelphi)
I had new dark Kit Kats to eat but I didn't spare them a thought, until I had read
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People - Alan Raw: A Man of Many Talents By Michelle Dee
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Most readers of this site will know that Alan Raw is a music radio presenter championing unsigned artists.
Through his show Raw Talent - broadcast on local radio - he has, for the past three years, been doing just that.
By using his extensive
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Music Reviews - Blind Frog Ernie, Blue Sand the Applewhites and Displacements at Piper November23rd By Michelle Dee Photos by Darren Rogers
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The Piper club on Newland Avenue has, according to many people, always had something of a volatile reputation.
On more than one occasion I have heard reports from people that you always get fights and
fracas at the venue.
Indeed the last time I went to the Piper there was a very
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Poetry - The Final Kick By Michelle Dee
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The beautiful game it is not.
Your team may well be unbeaten,
what about the innocent victims
who fall prey to vicious attack.
Hooligans spoiling for a fight
a score to settle before the landlord
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Music Gig Gallery Silence In The Streets, Blue Sand, The Landaus, and Misshapen Lodge 28th October at Asylum, Hull University By Michelle Dee
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Occasionally we get photographs of a Gig emailed in and no accompanying review to go with them.
Never-the-less this 7 page Photo Gallery of
Silence In The Streets, Blue Sand, The Landaus, and Misshapen Lodge
at the Asylum Hull University
28th October 2004 by Michelle Dee is too good to miss.
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Music Reviews - Saturday 9th October - still life and Sidewinder at Silhouette By Michelle Dee
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As the strains of Coldplay faded at the hands of the in house deejay the crowd waits in
mild anticipation for the live stuff.
So following the intro..a band with intro music that roused the crowd especially
when played twice.. still life took to the stage; they look good in-between
their rather
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Articles - A SAD DAY (John Peel) by Michelle Dee
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I just got a call from my best friend that has shocked me deeply.
So many things flood the mind; first, the disbelief; then the regret of never actually writing to him;
of never getting round to sending that CD of some obscure band that you felt sure he'd love.
Then guilt follows, knowing that you haven't listened to his rich voice
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Music Reviews - Park and Ride, Blue Sand and David Devant and his Spirit Wife, SweetNSour 7th Oct By Michelle Dee
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Arriving at 9pm the Welly looked bleak and unpromising.
A few people stood between the cold metal railings used to slow down the club-goers
in their desire to get inside.
Mo, my photographer for the night, and I dutifully joined what was the makings of a queue.
With a rail on either side we were not unlike lambs or pigs
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Music Reviews - MrZ and the Splitters at the Ringside - Sunday 10th October By Michelle Dee and Hollie Peck
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On a warm autumnal evening we made our way across town to experience what was to
be a very enthralling night of ska and skulduggery. MrZ from
Edinburgh and The Splitters from Leicester were showcasing their
talent at the ska bar, an up and coming night at the Ringside,
Beverley Road.
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Album Reviews - Silence Kit - Pieonear By Michelle Dee
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Imagine my surprise when I received a disc from Moscow to review.
It was attractively packaged with what I think may be a crude representation of a pangolin;
possibly a polar bear but I favour the pangolin idea, constructed from snow and ice.
The cover folds out to reveal
Read more...
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Music Reviews - Ernest and Ottogono at the Adelphi - 24th September By Michelle Dee
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This was an eagerly anticipated gig by many.
Having been fortunate enough to hear the lyrically superior E.P. Pimps B**ches and Superheroes
a few weeks previous I too was looking forward to hearing the ever -popular Ernest.
This must-have disc was ably reviewed on here by
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Album Reviews - The Clauberg Opera - The Death of this City By Michelle Dee
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Is The Clauberg Opera's foreboding CD title, The death of this city, prophesising the end of Hull?
It could be describing the very nature of urban society where all cohesion is lost to poisonous,
suspicious, insular, ideologies. When does a city actually die?
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Single Reviews - Still Life at the wheel By Michelle Dee
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After a promising start, a distinctive vocal, which can only be described through emotions rather than words,
tells a story of a road trip gone sour.
Short chords punctuate the verse and, at the wheel, gathers pace.
The chorus kicks in followed by rolling guitars.
One or two of the backing vocals seem superfluous but
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Poetry - He Comes at Night By Michelle Dee
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On a dark night, so cold a night
the wind hollering at my door.
Silver light breaking through my window
I lay there paralysed with anticipation
Suddenly he comes to me screaming my name
He was there in that very room
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Album Reviews -
Michelle's CD choice of the moment CRUSH double CD by Polygram T.V.
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Where did all the good stuff go, those great bands of the nineties with cool
sounding one-word names like Dodgy, Lush and Pulp etc.
The t-shirts were tight fitting, brightly coloured with trims on neck and sleeves.
The band logos were unobtrusive in trendy oval shaped designs.
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Music Reviews - CrackTown, Purple Organ & Blue Sand at The Adelphi Saturday 24th July By Michelle Dee
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I am lucky to count King Rat and the Silver Fox as friends, so you can imagine my surprise and
delight when upon entering the Adelphi on a rainy summer night, I heard the familiar
sound of Foxy's harmonica emanating from within.
I had no idea they were on tonight's eclectic line up.
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Going Down -
African Spectacular Albert Nyathi & Imbongi Hull Jazz Festival 31st July By Michelle Dee
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Oh what a treat the highly acclaimed Zimbabwean poet and his stunning group Imbongi
(praise poets) performing at the Hull Jazz festival 2004.
It was a grey drizzly day in Queens Gardens, the sky threatened us with a downpour
but my spirits would not be dampened.
The musicians from Imbongi started to play.
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Going Down -
Grounation Hull Jazz Festival 31st July By Hollie Peck and Michelle Dee
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The Hull-based jazz outfit opened the Jazz Festival in Queens Gardens in fine style.
An audience of about 200 -300 jazz enthusiasts came to listen to Grounation's
unique fusion of Jazz/Funk/Hip-Hop musical stylings.
The four permanent members of Grounation have being rehearsing together for
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Going Down -
Abseiling for Charity By Michelle Dee
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A month ago an email was passed on to me about a charity event to take place at the Humber Bridge
on the 18th of July. The charity was the RNIB who work to improve the lives of the blind and partially sighted.
My sister Charlotte is blind in one eye so this worthy cause struck a particular chord with me.
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Reviews, Theatre - UpN'Under Hull Truck Theatre 13th July
By Michelle Dee
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A near capacity audience at the Spring Street Theatre attended the twentieth anniversary performance
of John Godber's Rugby League comedy on Tuesday evening. A remarkable testament to the extraordinary
pulling power and appeal of his work.
There was an audible buzz of excitement among the crowd as we sat down to enjoy
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Music Reviews - Eleanor McEvoy and Ade Webb Adelphi 6th July By Michelle Dee
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I was very keen to go to this gig to see the leading lady of Irish folk, as she was billed,
to see whether she lived up to that accolade. Simon the keyboard player from the highly
acclaimed band cowfisH accompanied me I had hoped to avail myself of his
extensive folk music knowledge. I digress..
Eleanor McEvoy was being supported
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The Humber Mouth 2004 - Benedict Allen at Hull Truck Theatre Friday 25th June by Michelle Dee
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It is not often you get to see a truly awe-inspiring person. Benedict Allen is a pioneer of exploration and adventure, pushing the boundaries of human endurance to their outermost limits. His desire to make home in some of the most inhospitable places in the world could be viewed as sheer
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The Humber Mouth 2004 - Sufi Poetry and Music night at the EICH Gallery, 19th June by Michelle Dee
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People were greeted by a thunderous drum call as they entered the performance space of the EICH gallery.
Oluseyi Ogunjobi, Fosuwa Andoh and a girl of barely ten brought the audience to attention, playing
pounding rhythms on African drums.
The night's proceedings were introduced by Toyen, resplendent in
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Opinions - A Call for Peace By Michelle Dee Clark
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Martin Luther King had a dream. His dream was crushed by jack booted, hooded ignorance.
There has always been wrong in this world. From the trials in Scottsboro* Alabama in the 1930's to more recent events in Jasper Texas in 1998**.
We are all guilty. When you talk of Kosovans and Iraqi's you focus on what the media want you to then project that onto everyone, be it ethnic minorities or anyone
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Opinions - Gigging in Hull By Michelle Dee
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First up, I think that bands should limit themselves as to how many local gigs they play.
Who is going to pay pounds to see a band at Adelphi or Piper when you can see them at the
Sesh for free?
Some of the bands are limiting themselves to only playing two or three local gigs a month which makes sense.
Don't forget the old adage; absence
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Opinions - Amused or not, a muse on Yo-Yo By Michelle Dee
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Whilst all you scenesters were at Leeds watching the likes of The Killers, The Pixies and
The Paddingtons...
life continued back home. Welly on Saturday was a little emptier than previous weeks, but that just
meant there was more room to move and it wasn't quite so hot.
DJ Priya had a difficult job tonight due to the lack of so many regulars
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The Humber Mouth 2004 - Sufi Poetry and Music night at the EICH Gallery, 19th June by Michelle Dee
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People were greeted by a thunderous drum call as they entered the performance space of the EICH gallery.
Oluseyi Ogunjobi, Fosuwa Andoh and a girl of barely ten brought the audience to attention, playing
pounding rhythms on African drums.
The night's proceedings were introduced by Toyen, resplendent in
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Going Down - Get Your Tools Out, Girls! - Ladies Night at Nortech By Michelle Dee
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On Tuesday 25th May I accompanied Cilla to Nortech Ladies Night on Drypool Way.
I didn't really know what to expect.
There were various trade stalls with impressive looking tools on show!
We were welcomed immediately by the friendly faces of Nortech MD, Tony Cosgrove
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Music Reviews -
Blue Lamp Wednesday 19th May
By Michelle Dee
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I went to this gig with a writer friend of mine. I was on a promise.
Well, he said he'd buy me drinks all night. On arrival your friends and mine, CrackTown
were sound checking so we moseyed along to the bar, as you do. He bought the drinks;
me a pint, him a coffee. Hmmm ..He's not drinking I thought,
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Opinions - A Call for Peace By Michelle Dee Clark
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Martin Luther King had a dream. His dream was crushed by jack booted, hooded ignorance.
There has always been wrong in this world. From the trials in Scottsboro* Alabama in the 1930's to more recent events in Jasper Texas in 1998**.
We are all guilty. When you talk of Kosovans and Iraqi's you focus on what the media want you to then project that onto everyone, be it ethnic minorities or anyone
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Reviews, Theatre - Fusion @ Hull University -
1 March to 1 April By Michelle Dee Clark
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Contemporary multimedia art from Hull: art-music-film.
Tearing through the traffic on a cold Monday evening, anxiously watching the big hand tick by quarter past seven.. We were supposed to be at the Middleton Hall on the Hull University grounds for Fusion.
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Reviews, Theatre - ConPromise by Mal Williamson, Directed by Mathew Smith
EICH Gallery, Hull
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By Michelle Dee
I shall start with no preamble but immerse you straight away very much the same way that the 30+ audience were.
Last Friday night at the EICH Gallery in Hull I was sat in the front row, watching and listening to the reading of ConPromise by Mal Williamson.
For the first 5 minutes I tried desperately to understand the ..
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Album Reviews - Blue Sand - Changed Names and Slaves EP By Michelle Dee
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I was given the enigmatically titled Blue Sand EP and after a couple of hearings I was hooked.
Blue Sand have played the Linnet and Lark on Princes Avenue and the newly refurbished Ringside venue in recent weeks.
The title track has a touch of early Placebo
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Music Reviews - A Night at the Asylum -
Hull Uni - 9th March 04
By Michelle Dee
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The Asylum beckoned for three excited girls on a cold Tuesday night. They were not mad, just crazy about Cracktown who were playing that night at the newly refurbished Asylum venue at Hull University.
Coming out of the Old Grey Mare we spotted our heroes, King Rat and The Silver Fox striding down Cottingham Road.
Overjoyed to be in the
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Poetry - I Shan't Be There Anymore by Michelle Dee.
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Forgotten now are the fairies and
fantasies, the magic and mysteries
Brush the glitter
from my eyes so sore.
I shan't be there anymore
The garden the swings, a child's
playthings, a chance for fun
in the hazy summer sun.
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Poetry - Wrong by Michelle Dee.
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Getting ready to go out for the first time in weeks
she selects her favourite jumper. She woke with a
cold and a shiver in her bones but she's going out all the same.
Hurry up, he shouts, Get a move on, impatience in his voice
Picking her way carefully down the stairs in kitten heels
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Humber Mouth Reviews - Daphne Glazers The Wardrobe.
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Monday 10th November Reviewed by Michelle Dee
In Daphne Glazers case they certainly do. Daphne, a novelist and short story writer was originally from Sheffield she now resides in Hull with her family and beloved parrot, "Squawter".
Her father was also a writer though his work is sadly unpublished. In her early twenties Daphne lived and worked in Nigeria where she produced a serial in a national newspaper.
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Reviews - Creative Afternoon with the Hull and East Yorkshire MIND Step Up and Arts in Mind projects.
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Sat 8th Nov Reviewed by Michelle Dee
The Way of Things and Look at You - Look at Me!
The lights went down to murmurs of excitement and expectation inside the Live Arts Space for the premier of Caroline Mendelsohn's, "The Way of Things," a captivating film exploring the idea of change. The film was made with the help of pupils from Issac Newton, Henry Cooper and Thoresby Schools.
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Poetry - Demons by Shelly D.
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She wants a tattoo but really
at my age and a nipple pierced,
what is she thinking.
She got out again last night
always running away oh to be free
What will she do this time
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Poetry - "I'm Doing Life", by Shelly D.
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I don't do happy,
I don't do laughter,
I'm not easy going or relaxed,
I'm not careful or carefree,
I don't go with the flow I'm not laid back,
I'm doing life.
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Poetry - Drink, by Shelly D.
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Drink in the morning,
drink at night.
Drink in the dark,
drink in the light.
Drink from the bottle,
drink from the can.
Drink like a fish,
as only you can.
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Drink at work,
drink at school.
Drink in the pub,
drink like a fool.
Drink while you're dancing,
drink when you're stoned.
Drink at your wedding,
drink 'cos your boyfriend
never phoned.
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