Still Vermin

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Sue Vincent

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Vermin seagulls

Still Vermin

—

I am just like you

But hungry

My stomach longs

For days of food

A taste that through

My numbing mind

I sometimes still remember

—

I am just like you

But dirty

My oily, spotted flesh

Smells rank and damp

From days afloat

With no warm breeze to sing to me

Just the icy spray from salted sea

—

I am just like you

But cold

My garments, insufficient

On the day I left, with hope,

Now cling like a thing

To which you would attach

The label of derision

—

I am just like you

But childless

From my frozen hands

The locks of young blonde hair

Were torn by those whose

Eyes could look no more

On frothing foam

—

I am just like you

But simpler

You do lot know

What it is like

To live within a hungry hole

And shelter from…

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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8 Responses to Still Vermin

  1. eloquentparadise's avatar eloquentparadise says:
    February 21, 2016 at 11:13

    This was marvellous, Sue. It is high time that the world wakes up to the cries that go unanswered.

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  2. jacquelineobyikocha's avatar jacquelineobyikocha says:
    February 21, 2016 at 12:23

    Hmm! We are just like each other…

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  3. Darren Scanlon's avatar Darren Scanlon says:
    February 21, 2016 at 12:54

    Wow, Sue…what a stunning piece of work!!

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