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UrbanSpeechBubble
by Simon C Lord
Self-deprecating humour. Working class political themed. Mental health advocate. Urban commentator born and bred, & living in London.Rhymes-Poems-Quotes-General Musings-Musings-NOVELIST-REALIST-SOCIAL COMMENTATOR
Episodes
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HISTORICALLY INEQUALITY
I WROTE THIS WHEN THERESA MAY WAS IN POWER. THE WHOLE, "WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER" RHETORIC MADE MY BLOOD BOIL AND I WAS SEETHING. AS GOOD AS FROTHING AT THE MOUTH LIKE A RABID DOG.
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GO WITH THE FLOW
CONTRASTING FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS THAT RATHER THAN FIGHT, I JUST GO WHEREVER IT TAKES ME.
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RETURN TO SENDER
ANOTHER ONE ABOUT AN EX 0F MINE. STRANGELY ENOUGH I ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE SOME PAST AND PRESENT EXPERIENCE TO DRAW UPON IN WHICH TO WRITE ABOUT.
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LA LA LA I'M NOT LISTENING
THIS ONE IS ABOUT AN EX 0F MINE. STRANGELY ENOUGH I ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE SOME PAST AND PRESENT EXPERIENCE TO DRAW UPON IN WHICH TO WRITE ABOUT.
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SEARCHING
I THINK SO MANY OF US ARE CONSTANTLY QUESTIONING AND SEARCHING, LOOKING FOR THAT HAPPY PLACE WHERE ETERNAL PEACE RESIDES AND BECKONS.
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SPECTRAL
THIS IS ABOUT HOW SMALL, ISOLATED, ALONE AND INSIGNIFICANT ONE SOMETIMES FEELS WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW LARGE IN SCALE THE UNIVERSE IS.
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12.00 PM
SWIRLING THOUGHTS, CONTRADICTIONS, & QUESTIONS LIKE A TORNADO SWEEPING THROUGH MY MIND. A MIND OF CHAOS AND CONFUSION.
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TIME
ANOTHER ONE RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW IT FEELS BEING IN THE EPICENTRE.
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KIDOLOGY
I AM VERY INTERESTED IN PSYCHOLOGY. THE MECHANICS OF THE MIND. AS SUCH I FIND I OBSERVE OUR PETS FREQUENTLY AND END UP WRITING ABOUT THEM. DESPITE HAVING THEIR UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS THEY ALL SHARE SIMILIAR TRAITS, NOT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO OBTAINING FOOD, TREATS, ATTENTION AND AFFECTION OR...
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AROUND & AROUND
Another short piece relating to my daily struggles as regards mental health. I think it is a very common theme I seem to touch upon but that's purely to do with its forever present. My mind goes around and around on a continuous loop. A bit like a train stopping at the same stations every night....
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FIFTEEN-LOVE
I have always equated arguments to pretty much any sporting activity that is both extremely competitive and relies on the minimum of just two people. Boxing is the obvious one, but I like Tennis as their is no strict time frame for when the competition ends. I have only recently. Well, about 5...
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MIND GAMES
ADVERSARIES COME IN ALL GUISES, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THEY ARISE IN RELATIONSHIPS. THIS IS ABOUT A TOXIC ONE.
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HE
MY FATHER IS 84 YEARS OF AGE, AND AS MUCH AS I, AND EVERY OTHER PERSON THAT INHABIT HAVE ANNOYING HABITS, HE ABOVE ALL ELSE HAS FAR MORE. I SAY THAT AS THIS IS NOT IN THE SLIGHTEST AND EXHAUSTIVE LIST.
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DOWNTRODDEN
I HAVE NO REAL EXPERIENCE OF BEING HOMELESS, ALTHOUGH I HAVE SPENT A FEW NIGHTS SPORADICALLY IN ONE HORRENDOUS YEAR AFTER ROWING WITH AN EX AND I HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO OR ANYONE TO TURN TO. LONDON HAS ITS FAIR SHARE OF THOSE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK, AND I WILL MORE OFTEN THAN NOT STOP AND SAY HELLO…
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WHO EXACTLY ARE YOU TALKING TO?
ONCE AGAIN I FIND MYSELF READING ANOTHER SHORT PIECE ABOUT MY MENTAL WELLBEING. IT REALLY SHOULDN'T COME AS A SURPRISE CONSIDERING I CANNOT ESCAPE MY MIND. ALSO I DONT SUDDENLY DECIDE THAT ON ANY GIVEN DAY WITH A PREMEDITATED THOUGHT THAT I WILL WRITE TO A SPECIFIC GENRE. I CAN FIND MYSELF…
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HAPPY CAMPER
THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE THIS ONE A TITLE THAT IS JUXTAPOSED WITH THE ACTUAL MOOD AND GENRE OF THIS SHORT PIECE.
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MUTE
MY MIND IS SO BUSY. I LIKEN IT TO A WASHING MACHINE ON A FULL CYCLE. INFORMATION OVERLOAD, BE THEY SIGNS, CARS REVVING THEIR ENGINES, HONKING THEIR HORNS, LOUD OVERLAPPING TALKING, SHOUTING, FLASHING LIGHTS, POLICE SIRENS, HELICOPTERS OVER HEAD ALL SCRAMBLE MY FREQUENCY, AND I FIND IT ALL WAY TOO...
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GOBLET OF JUSTICE
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY ARE PREVALENT THEMES I OFTEN REVISIT. I AM A FIRM BELIEVER IN KARMA AND THAT YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
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CHARCOAL
ANOTHER FLEETING GLIMPSE OF WHAT DEPRESSION FEELS LIKE FOR ME.
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MR ORDINARY MAN
A LOOK AT THE PENDULUM OF LIFE, YOUTH, AGE AND FAME.
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0 RATING
SELF DEPRECIATING HUMOUR MIXED IN WITH SOME MIDDLE AGED TEENAGE ANGST. ITS A SPECIALTY OF MINE.
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FALLEN
I GOT A THING FOR ANGELS AND MERMAIDS TOO. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, WELL UP TO MY LATE 30'S I USED TO LIKE TO GET IN TO A DRY BATH AND RUN THE TAPS LUKE WARM. I'D CURL UP IN A FOETAL POSITION AND IMAGINE I WAS A WORLD WAR II PILOT WHO HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN. THE LUKE WARM WATER I WOULD ENVISAGE AS THE SEA...
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BLUE MONKEYS
THIS IS AN ADMISSION OF WHAT ATTRIBUTES I LACK, RATHER THAN WHAT I POSSESS.
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"I" FOR ISOLATED
THE SOUND OF WATER, FROGS, TOADS, CRICKETS OR BIRDS AND A COOL SUMMERS BREEZE I FIND HYPNOTIC.
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LONGING
WHEN YOU MISS SOMEONE THAT MAKES YOU FEEL WHOLE, AND YOU ALLOW NATURE TO ENGULF YOU AND FILL THE VOID
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THE WOLF WITHIN
WE ALL HAVE TWO SIDES. POLAR OPPOSITES THAT COULDN'T BE FURTHER REMOVED FROM ONE ANOTHER. THIS ONE IS ABOUT MY PAST RELATIONSHIP WITH ALCOHOL.
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THE LOOP
TRYING TO CONVEY MY MANIC MIND. ODDLY IT'S MY MIND THAT REPEATEDLY FORCES ME TO ANALYSE AND COME TO SOME KIND OF UNDERSTANDING. NO CLOSER.
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JEKYLL & HYDE
MY MOODS FLUCTUATE IN A HEARTBEAT. I CAN SWITCH LIKE THE CLICK OF THE FINGERS, AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE CATALYST IS.
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RHYME TIME
PLAYING WITH WORDS. THIS ONE IS ABOUT A COUPLE WHO LIKE TO ARGUE. WHO ARE CREATURES OF HABIT.
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GIMME A BREAK
FIGHTING AND STRUGGLE, TRYING TO KEEP ONE'S HEAD JUST ABOVE THE WATER. IT'S TIRESOME BUT I'VE BECOME IMMUNE, ITS ALL I HAVE EVER KNOWN.
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HALCYON DAYS
THINKING ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD IS A NOSTALGIA TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE I OFTEN TAKE.
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NOISE
LIVING IN LONDON. A CITY I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN. A PLACE I HAVE CALLED HOME FOR 49 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. ITS A MANIC PLACE TO RESIDE. NOISE ENGULFS YOU & SO I CONSTANTLY SEEK PEACE AND TRANQUILITY. EVEN FROM MYSELF AT TIMES.
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BLISS
PEACE & SERENITY IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE BEST MEDICATION FOR THE MIND. AT ONE WITH NATURE IS WHERE I LONG TO BE.
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A MATTER OF OPINION
I HAVE LOTS OF OPINIONS. MANY THAT I HAVE FORMED I STILL RELIGIOUSLY ADHERE TO, OTHERS I HAVE ADAPTED SLIGHTLY AND SOME I NO LONGER DO. THE MORE I EXPERIENCE OF LIFE, THE MORE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT MY PRECONVIEVED OPINIONS WILL BE CHALLENGED AND ONE WILL BE FORCED TO REASSESS.
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SHEEPLE
I AM NOT ONE TO FOLLOW CONVENTIONS. I HAVE ALWAYS PREFFERED TO DANCE TO THE BEAT OF MY OWN DRUM AND BE MY OWN MAN.
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INVISIBLE PEOPLE
LIVING IN LONDON ONE CANNOT ESCAPE THE PLIGHT OF THE HOMELESS THAT LITTER MY CITY. LIVING UNDER THE SHADOW OF BIG CORPORATE BUSINESS THEY LAY WASTE TRYING TO EEK OUT PAULTRY DONATIONS SO THEY CAN SURVIVE ANOTHER LONELY NIGHT OUT ON THE STREETS.
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MICKEY MOUSE WORLD
THE WORLD AND THOSE THAT RUN IT, IS ANOTHER THEME I EXPLORE. POLITICAL INEQUALITY AND THE LUNACY BY WHICH WE ARE GOVERNED BY.
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FIGHT OR FLIGHT
STRUGGLE AND ADVERSITY IS NO STRANGER TO ME, AND SO IT'S A THEME THAT I TEND TO WRITE ABOUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
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ENTRENCHED
SOCIAL MEDIA & WHAT PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH MAKES THE MIND BOGGLE. CONTENT THAT IS EDUCATIONAL AND/OR NOURISHING FOR THE HEART, SOUL AND MIND IS FAR TO0 OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN FAVOUR OF THE BANAL.
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BLEAK
EXPLORING THE JUXTAPOSITION THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE HAVE AND THE HAVE NOTS.
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HAIR PAST 1
TIME IS A COMMON THEME OF MINE. AS A MAN TIME IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE PROBABLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO DIE YOUNGER THAN WOMEN AND SO TIME, OR AT LEAST THE PASSING OF TIME IS AT THE VERY FOREFRONT OF MIND AND MUST BE CONSERVED.
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IF
IF, IS A WORD MOST OF US HAVE USED. IF IS ABOUT REGRET, CHOICES, DECISIONS WE HAVE MADE IN LIFE THAT CANNOT BE RECTIFIED.
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FLICK MY BANGO
THIS IS ABOUT THE CORRELATION I FEEL BEING A WRITER TO THAT OF A MUSICIAN WHO UNLIKE MYSELF CANNOT PLAY A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF ANY DESCRIPTION. I CAN BARELY EVEN WHISTLE LET ALONE HOLD A NOTE THAT WOULD BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE.
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CASIO WATCH GENERATION
DRINKING ALCOHOL AND BEING BLIND PARALETIC DRUNK IS NOTHING NEW TO ME, ALTHOUGH IN THE PAST. I HAVE LOST MANY THINGS WHILST IN AN ANEBRIATED STATE, SUCH AS MY WALLET, KEYS, MY MIND AND IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE MY WATCH.
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BLING
A POEM ABOUT TRUTH AND HONESTY
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THE TOWN CRYER
"Oh hear ye!! Hear ye" Gather round, from village to town I have news to spread so take heed.
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A TESTAMENT OF LOVE
ROMANTIC OR SENTIMENTAL PROSE IS NOT A THEME I VISIT OFTEN, BUT OCCASIONALLY I WILL AS IT'S ANOTHER DISCIPLINE IN WRITING THAT I FEEL NEEDS FURTHER EXPLORATION.
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SWEET TOOTH
LIKE MANY OF THE THINGS I WRITE, IT SOMETIMES JUST STARTS WITH A WORD OR TWO LIKE A SEED. I NURTURE IT A LITTLE AND IT GERMINATES AND BLOSSOMS INTO WHAT IS THE FINISHED ARTICLE WHATEVER THE LENGTH.
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SWEET NECTAR
WRITERS I HAVE DISCOVERED MUCH TO MY CHAGRIN TO BE TERRIBLY BITCHY AND SCATHING. IMMENSELY CRITICAL, SELF INDULGENT, ABSOLUTELY BIASED & SICOPHANTS WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE NOVELS OR AUTHORS WHO HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT AS INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED.
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70's KID
Like much of my writing I have a tendency to pay homage or reference to TV or Film's from my childhood. Monkey was no exception and was magic.
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