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Written by Ben Barton
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It’s taking its toll, I’m beginning to feel
That life is too short, too nose to the wheel
And I feel like Winona strolling the mall.
But I wear the brightest smile of them all.
Ben Barton is a journalist who lives in Folkestone, England. A former winner of the Ottakar’s/Faber Poetry Competition, his poems have appeared in a variety of publications including Acorn, Down in the Dirt, Isibongo, Masque, Panda, Parameter, Poetry Greece, Roadworks, Scriptor, Secret Attic, Sentinel, The Ugly Tree and X Magazine. He recently directed a short film for the BBC entitled No One Reads Poetry and released his first collection, The Red Book.
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