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Experimental poem.

By Paul StewartPublished 2 months ago 1 min read
Ledger, Crayon on White Paper (A4) by Paul Stewart, July 14th, 2026

It's not my job or my commission to make you feel at ease when you turn the page in my ledger 



R.         A.         P.         I.         D


Slow

E X p l I cate this then 


If you can butwheye


No handholding or making things eas


I

 E

    R


C

  O

     N 

    T

  R

O

L


 (Confined)


Exhibit a: confirmed 


Distract from disaster 

Distater from scandal 

Scandal for scandal 

            H

            E

            L

            P



[Trapped]


10safety10

Six denotes 

Pleisure

S

      T 


   A 



B.u.t. it's not my job to make sure you're okay



L




A




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S




Escher


Please a

M.inutes

C.ilence 

Don't you feel tired like 


Ytniatrec 


Is tyred?

*

Thanks for reading! 


Watch this space.


That's all I'm saying for now.

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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