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Tag: friends

Mundane Things That Immediately Make Me Think of a Specific Dead Person

washing my hair over the edge of the bath / orange squash and/or lemonade / unscrewing, emptying, refilling a hot … More

daily life, death, existence, family, friends, grief, list, listicle, loss, memory, poem, poetry, writing

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​I disagree when you describe my associates as “unsavoury characters” because surely if something is un-savoury then it, by definition, … More

drunk, friends, friendship, journal, language, life, notebook, poem, poetry, pub life, words, writing, wronguns

010218

The idiosyncrasies of mine that were once adorable are now utterly deplorable.

awareness, behaviour, diary, education, friends, journal, life, mental health, mental illness, personality, personality disorder, society, writing, youth

Fancy F*cking Flowers

And on the bench outside the pub, you can’t sit down. The bench is full of family. It says SON … More

Broken Britain, crisis, death, family, friends, grief, homeless, London, memorial

Bread

People around here disappear all the time. In the pub the other day we were discussing some of the regular … More

coping, death, friends, grief, London, love you, miss you, mourning, pub life, slang, thoughts, writing

Posh Boy

Last week’s contribution to Hijacked Amygdala can be read here. You asked me once why we “would never work out.” … More

class, education, experiences, friends, friendship, life, love, money, poetry, poverty, society, story, wealth, writing

Choose Life

Choose life. Choose living below the poverty line straight from birth. Choose tolerating the parents who spawned you against your … More

#PigGate, addiction, alcohol, Broken Britain, death, drugs, family, food, friends, home, housing, life, London, philosophy, real life, truth, writing

Afterlife

TW: death, mortality, suicide, grief. I wrote this today while I was waiting for the pharmacist to sort out my … More

afterlife, cemetery, dead, death, enemies, existentialism, family, friends, future, graveyard, grief, grieving, heaven, hell, life, living, love, love you, miss you, morbid, mortality, mourning, reincarnation, rest in peace, strangers, suicide, thinking, writing

The Most Complex of Questions

You’ve asked me that before. Several times actually. The first time was about five years ago. I wasn’t supposed to … More

abuse, addiction, alcohol, anxiety, bittersweet, blah, blast from the past, conversation, delusions, distress, drugs, existence, existentialism, friends, hallucinations, help me, high, life, love, love or something, memories, pprose, suicidal, suicide, talking, whatever, writing

SICKKK

Things that I keep saying to my friends, family, acquaintances, anyone who will listen, multiple times, daily: I’m sick, so … More

anxiety, bipolar, blah, borderline, BPD, death, depression, family, friends, fuckoff, kill me, love or something like it, mental health, mental illness, miss you, sorry, suicide, wtf

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