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    A Pensive Anthology
    A Pensive Anthology
    A Pensive Anthology
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    A Pensive Anthology

    By Tony Donbell

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    A collection of poems which are topical, political, contemporary, provocative, mythological and thought provoking. Covering subjects from the recent London riots, which occurred in August 2011, to chaos theory.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTony Donbell
    Release dateSep 10, 2011
    ISBN9781466026735
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      A Pensive Anthology - Tony Donbell

      Prologue

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      The poems, included in this publication, would probably take a 1000 page volume to partially explain. Each stanza can vary in depth as to meaning. It is, therefore, left to the reader to take from these poems whatever impresses. The poems are designed to provoke thought. If you are left in deep thought then that is all. Thank you.

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      A Gambler's Mind

      _______________________

      A marquise beneath my skin

      It has an excellent symmetry

      A top notch quality

      With hardly an impurity

      It sparkles a fine brilliance

      I have it for a rainy day

      When all is risked and seems to fail

      I gaze upon my implant

      I know it's there for me

      An insurance some might say

      They call me an adrenalin junkie

      I like risk, you see

      It could be a mental disorder

      Or something is wrong with me

      I know it will be my death

      I've lost all sense of value

      Joe Blogs can't fathom my scale

      To him what seems extraordinary

      Feels trifling to me

      But, I know Joe Blogs is right

      On many occasions I've asked

      What really matters in life?

      For I can't seem to smile deep down

      And material matters little to me

      It's the buzz that I get, you see

      I try to be logical in what I do

      I work out the percentages

      To manage the risk, you see

      I think I have it controlled

      But, it's really controlling me

      Now, everything that I do

      Is based on some system, you see

      It's totally unemotional

      As cold as steel as can be

      It's not that you're not nice

      Occasionally I'll go back in time

      I wonder how and why

      I have no answer, you see

      I'll be drunk in my misery

      It's a wretched life this uncertainty

      I've lost my sense of fear

      Well, it's on another plane

      The house I have is collateral

      And I've risked it many a times

      Only God can save me

      There is always the chance

      That it will come good

      Or that another opportunity abounds

      But, if you can't slice your deck

      You'd better run a mile

      It's not that I'm a bastard

      It's just a war, you see

      I have to kill you before you

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