“we’re worried about you?
you’re not gonna kill urself are ya?”
on repeat
all comers & goers
like seagulls
fly over
shit on ur head
& fuck off
as if baying for blood
so they can talk about ya
when ur gone
Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2026.
‘The Garden of Love’ (after William Blake) Some young punk Tryin to be ‘hard’ Pussyole! with his mate Said “no flowers!” I was holding some wildflowers To put in my vase at the apartment I asked him “why not?” He said nothing That’s right keep walking bish! To bloodclot! I don’t walk around defensive So I’m not quick to attack I’d rather they think about it themselves ‘Without flowers there is no life’ He dreams Try that on for size ‘You say “no!” to flowers & you say “no!” to life’ Echoed on the wind 'You can’t eat money!' Unity & Devision He hears across the wires 'Not that way!... ... why have you forsaken us?' He feels the ancestors & again I am reminded of Blake’s ‘The Garden of Love’* Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2025. * The Garden of Love By William Blake I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen: A Chapel was built in the midst, W...
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