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Recordings wanted

Perhaps you'd like to make a recording of the poems below and have it attached to the poem. I know the author would be delighted to hear your interpretation. Just record your version on your phone and email it to editor@workinwords.net. You can listen to other recordings here.

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Working in a building site

Exsecutor

2019

Hammers banging, wheels in motion.
Buildings appearing, what a notion.

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With my boots on.

David K. Gilchrist

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O spare me years of agonising uselessness --
Of invalid dependence on my kin;

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Who should be the boss

Anon

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When God created the body,
All organs of the body argued over
Who should be the Boss.

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Where's my drummer?

Loot

2019

I crave all of the attention.
Me, myself and I, no censure.

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Walking Enigma

Loot

2019

Are you an assassin, a vicious indiscriminate knifer.
A mis-communicator, or worse a cultured shape shifter.

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Twenty-nine

David K. Gilchrist

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29 Faces before me, all of them brown as the earth.
29 Facefuls of mischief, each with a good dose of mirth.

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Trapped

Navy

2015

Darkness fell, we breathed the cold night air,
The heat of the desert now turned an icy chill.

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Toward Ephemerality

Loot

2019

This message will self-destruct in five seconds. 
This visual display changes, infinitely fecund. 

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Tough Job

Harris Tobias

2021

The cowboys were tired after a day in the rain
Tired of ropin’ and tyin’ and such

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Topsy Turvy

Loot

2019

Forward we step
Blight becomes might
Plight delivers insight
Light not night

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Time Warp

Loot & Paul

2017

You are late and I’m feeling really let down!
It’s the concept of time inducing your frown.

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Three days sober.

Loot

2017

So, not all mornings need to be endured.
Hangovers are something that can be cured.

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