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DEATH BY METAPHORS’



STEPH ‘VIXEY’ ACASTER





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‘Death by metaphors’

Copyright 2011 Steph ‘Vixey’ Acaster





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Death by metaphors’



Wake up, reluctant

The day is imminent


Deafened by the silence there


Creep out, look innocent

Touch terror, stay vigilant


Struck down by virulent lightning


Leave the safe place

Fake a brave face


Startled by the nonsense there


Block out traffic, be confined

Defined by this odd frame of mind


Whipped away by a hurricane of thought


Walk in, reluctant

Make a good misjudgement


Drowned in the sea of words there


Roulette, a threat

Breathe, don’t forget


Burnt by the eyes’ neglecting stares


To do or not, to prove

Someone will disapprove


Stabbed by a startling realisation there


Make one mistake

For double heartbreak


Sickened by the immunisation


Work, reluctant

Fear is subsequent


Suffocated by the lack of memory there


Overhear conversation

Some mutated narration


Strangled by the interpretation


Unable to spell

Daydream and dwell


Lost among directional signs there


Commit some antic

Look a bit frantic


Starved of the surrounding freedom


Eat, reluctant

Clumsy incident


Battered with a breadstick or something there


See what’s at stake

Grab a sponge cake


Killed by indigestion and sad movie


Don’t quit the chase

Fake a brave face


Stuck in the heat of the desert there


Don’t try, cry, glare or express

The response causes more stress


Buried beneath what lies within


Relax, reluctant

Sit down, insolent


Disappeared in the visibility there


Make a mess, be accused

Such a mess, be confused


Shot by a dodgy nerve impulse


The day is retraced

Mentally misplaced


Strangled by binding truth there


Night takes shape

There’s no escape


Trapped by the fence of darkness


Sleep, reluctant

Silent, verbal rant


Engulfed by iniquity there


Practice what to say

Plan for the next day


Comforted, momentarily







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