CHRISSIE MORRIS BRADY - BEST

Chrissie Morris Brady has been published by Dissident Voice, Mad Swirl, Plum Tree Books, Writing For Peace, Bournemouth Borough Council (UK) and Brian Wrixon Books as well as several anthologies. She now lives on the south coast of England after having lived in Los Angeles for many years, where she gained her degree and worked with recovering addicts.

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A shy skinny Irish lad
Homesick for his neighbourhood
Never caused trouble
Talented and promising
 
Two years later
We called him Superstar
The first since Jesus Christ
Sideburns , girls, fame
 
His feet were like the
Fingers of a pick pocket
His left as good as his right
He would leave his opponents
With their blood twisted
 
Ten years he shone
A star, a supernova
He had class, a gift
True charisma
 
Then he got bored with girls
So moved on the drink
Gambling and women
Ennui took him
 
Ten years he shone
A moon out of the night
And twenty years
He took to die