{"id":1278,"date":"2008-06-18T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2008-06-18T12:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-18T12:47:00","slug":"leigh-pierce-has-a-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/leigh-pierce-has-a-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh Pierce has a date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date Night<\/span>


No snow    no rain    no way<\/span>
Nowhere<\/span>
Just pain<\/span>
Bound by agony, to the couch of eternity<\/span>
From humble beginnings come humiliating ends<\/span>
A horrifying conclusion that can\u2019t be stopped<\/span>
Wanting to leave<\/span>
But not able to \u2013 too scared<\/span>
Having to leave and not wanting to \u2013 too nervous<\/span>
Too\/too    scared\/nervous<\/span>
Cabin fever developing into hermit<\/span>
(w\/out crabs)<\/span>
Into a full blown battle<\/span>
Terminal anti-social agoraphobia<\/span>
\u201cYou can\u2019t make me leave!!\u201d<\/span>
\u201cYou\u2019re not the boss of me!!\u201d<\/span>
I scream as the men in pretty white coats<\/span>
Take me out for a night on the town<\/span>



\u2022 Leigh Pierce describes himself as “a poet who types with brass knuckles, a head full of port & lungs full of cigar smoke”.<\/span>

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