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    Teenage Angst: A Collection of Pain from the 90s
    Teenage Angst: A Collection of Pain from the 90s
    Teenage Angst: A Collection of Pain from the 90s
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    Teenage Angst: A Collection of Pain from the 90s

    By Ben Smithfield

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    I was 17 when my mum died from breast cancer. At that time, and for a period afterwards, I wasn’t able to express myself verbally so I turned to writing. It was cathartic, though I never had the courage to share what I wrote, let alone attempt to publish my work. I wouldn’t claim to be a poet, or a writer, however, 20 years on I feel ready to share. My hope is that these poems, written while I was still a teenager, will inspire as well as be understood whichever way you interpret them.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHeads or Tales Press
    Release dateJul 6, 2017
    ISBN9788826478982
    Teenage Angst: A Collection of Pain from the 90s

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      Teenage Angst - Ben Smithfield

      TEENAGE ANGST

      By

      Ben Smithfield

      A Collection of Pain from the 90s

      Copyright

      © Ben Smithfield, 2016

      Cover by Reimarie Cabalu

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any written, electronic, recording, or photocopying without written permission of the publisher or author. The exception would be in the case of brief quotations embodied in the critical articles or reviews and pages where permission is specifically granted by the publisher or author.

      Disclaimer

      This is a work of fiction. Any names or characters, businesses or places, events or incidents, are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      Dedication

      To

      Good memories

      Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright

      Disclaimer

      Dedication

      As Soon As

      Contamination

      The Blue Angel (Be with Us)

      He’s No Different

      Suzanne

      Temporarily Gone

      Chimes

      Passover

      Everything, and Including

      Mr Machismo

      Scrawny Girl vs. the Babe

      Release

      The Vegetable

      People Only Love You When You’re Dead

      A Pretty Good Day

      Happy at Last

      Death One

      Death Two

      Power of One, Now That You’ve Gone

      Bye, Bye I’m Going to Mars

      Slip Into a Dream

      Sitting Here

      Some…

      Past of Bliss

      The Snowflakes

      Horses Are Calm

      In the Eye

      Our Votes For You

      Reality Dreaming

      Where Are We?

      Maybe It’s Gonna Be Alright?

      Flesh and Blood Part One

      Flesh and Blood Part Two (Resurrection)

      Flesh and Blood Part Three (All)

      Flesh and Blood Part Four (The Contemplation)

      Flesh and Blood Part Five (The Ice Age)

      Flesh and Blood Part Six (Comprehension)

      Flesh and Blood Part Seven (Rest for All)

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      For You

      The Face of Light, Gone

      Every Night You Rise

      To a Loved One

      Now’s the Time

      Be My Friend?

      Getting Older

      Sometimes

      Where the Road Leads

      In 2 Deep

      Through a Window: Back and Forth

      When?

      Rolling Glass

      The Mask

      What’s Inside?

      I’m In Hell, (Won’t Someone Help Me?)

      Stages

      Discovery?

      The Realisation

      The Everyday Pain

      I Am Here

      As Soon As

      As soon as you’re born you start dying,

      Never any truth always lying.

      As soon as you touch you start to see,

      That all around is pain and misery.

      As soon as you learn you start to realise,

      That all you’re being taught are lies.

      As soon as you listen you start to think,

      That they’ll get you as soon as you blink.

      As soon as you try you start to cry,

      That you can never reach that all time high.

      As soon as you run they see your tracks,

      You know you can never relax.

      As soon as you dream they’re in your thoughts,

      Even up there you can be caught.

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