Not the same
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One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn’t belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
One of these things is not like the others.
One of these things is not the same .
Can you guess which one of these doesn’t belong here?
Now it’s time to play our game….
counting out
16 little pills to swallow
two level spoonfuls of dust
crushed and concocted into the most bitter brew
these hands are always thirsty
hanging limp for their next drink
they can absorb anything
swimming pool – sucked – dry
one nostril blocked
one side hurts more than the other
one is the perfect circle – starting and ending in the same place
one of these things is not like the others
one of these things is not the same
hostages were released
I cry into my television set
6 o’clock synopsis of ‘Katrina: One year on’
82 year old black man still paying a mortgage on unlived-in rubble
tries to rebuild what will be pulled down
still no electricity
no running water
one year since the levies broke
not the same