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    My Clown, I Love You

    By Derek Haines

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    About this ebook

    I do not keep a diary, so I will fashion by ode,

    The events and the feelings of my difficult load.

    This rhyming journal will remind me in years,

    Of what I was feeling when I was so prone to tears.

    This is a notebook of loss, and of finding my way,

    Back to a life, in a year and a day.

    I will let it all out on day three sixty-six,

    For all eyes to see, what I felt, found and missed.

    My journey to freedom, from hurting to bliss,

    Is far from complete, I'm not healed with a kiss.

    My torture and torment, and feelings of guilt,

    Will abate as time passes and new foundations are built.

    So read if you wish, I have no shame or remorse,

    Of you seeing my soul, my heart and trod course.

    But please don't pass judgement on what you will read,

    Just close the book gently when you've finished with me.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDerek Haines - Switzerland
    Release dateJan 21, 2018
    ISBN9781386145486
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    My Clown, I Love You
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    Derek Haines

    Derek Haines is an author of science fiction farce, historical fiction and noir thrillers, who writes from a view of what fascinates him and not from a formula based on one theme or genre. His writing is varied but always written in a style that communicates with and engages his readers.  Most of all, the stories told by Derek Haines are about people, their feelings, regrets, hopes and struggles with life. Ordinary men and women, sometimes nonconformist, but with extraordinary qualities that make their story worth telling. While some books reflect his thoughts and beliefs, others are told from the view of characters who are sometimes dark and complex, or childishly open. With splashes of allegory, black humour or satire, his stories can develop from the simplistic to the complicated and back again, leaving the reader to decide if it is time to laugh or cry. Or both. Born in Australia, but now living in Switzerland, his stories cross a wide geographical range but often draw from elements of his life and experiences in the two countries he calls home. From the rugged, dry and hot desert country of Australia and its crowded cities, to the cafés of Europe and the peaks of the Swiss Alps. The hustle and bustle of Sydney to the quiet life of the Swiss countryside. When not writing and blogging, he is usually doing what he equally enjoys. Teaching English.

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