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Nick Chapman

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Robin Ince

@robinince.bsky.social

This is the #poem I read at end of my resignation - it will be in the follow up collection to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth , most likely called Let The Quiet Ones Rise

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THE QUIET ONE
Fingers relentlessly unpicking
The anxious alopecia of another woolly jumper
Under the desk
Skin picked to the quick
Stomach sick
Dread accelerates thumb nail digs
Wishing for a note to be an absentee Of another bout of insults and failures in PE
Pierced by every slight
Ponders possibility of escape
The safest place?
The library for the lunch break Seek solace in a comic book
Is this forever
This shitty world that drowns you?
But one day you'll see
From that unnecessary pain
Came someone
So much more complex
Intriguing And resplendent
Make it through
Many are waiting for you You will be feted
You will find your people And be magnifcent

December 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM

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Tim Coleman

@fatscoleman.bsky.social

📼COMPETITION TIME!📼 My friends at Shudder and have given me one copy of V/H/S BEYOND to give away on Blu-ray. To enter simply like, follow and repost. Comp closes 10th Feb 12noon GMT. UK only. Good luck!