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Hi Alan
I don't know what "Bouncer" is. Thanks for calling me a writer, you're the first.
What did I do with all the ideas? I think they just leaked away. My best friend and his brother died within a few weeks of each other last summer, both of the same genetic blood clotting illness. We were devastated. Over the last few months the pain has started to dull and I have been waking up with either the image of a poem or the idea of a poem in my mind. I write to see him smile, laugh or gasp, and to honour him.
I have written several poems about the death. Some I might post on the site; others are far too dark.
I've been working like a nutter over the past weeks and, feeling a little low yesterday lunchtime, remembering Mike, I thought to write a death poem, but I remembered our nights in discos in our teens and this poured out. A little exaggeration made it funny. It was written in less than ten minutes.
I am pleased you enjoyed it.
Thanks again.
Cheers
Mike
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