Bradford Middleton- A Poem

EVERYDAY WEIRD

Time is moving on fast

Faster than I can recollect so far

It’s now five years in this job

But what can I do?

I’m sick of being broke

Having nothing but insanity in my life

And it’s only my writing that keeps me sane

So what should I do?

Stop going to the pub

Or seeing my friends

As I’ve got no money for things like that

So what should I do?

This life is for living but

Right now I just exist

It’s time to change but only for the better

Now I’ve got to write everyday

Get better and attempt a novel

Cos for a poet like me riches aren’t abundant

As I reject writing groups and networking

For me it’s all about reality

And finding the weirdest way to understand it

Every day things thrill me

Due to their ordinariness

Cos the life is no way ordinary

It’s insane and mad and it’s only

The writing that keeps me sane

So on I must plough

Churning out pages of everyday weirdness

For those who want to see life

Through the eyes of a mad man