anchor.diff:  :hp-tags: poetry
   :published-at: 2019-11-21 NEW POST -23
   
  -Before the show begins, +
  +Before we begin, +
   I would like to state the following: +
   
   [This poem has been on my mind for the past year. +
  
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  Friday 23rd November 2018. +
  
  I had a few things to 
  
  
  though tonight +
  
  I was heading to the +
  https://richmix.org.uk/events/the-yoniverse-x-leo-kalyan-present-the-edge/[Rich Mix in Shoreditch] +
  
  to perform a https://scriptindex.github.io/2018/09/11/Women.html[spoken word piece] +
  I had memorised not long ago +
  for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWjxVYxxkGE[another poetry event] +
  
  to a demographic of
  
  Looking at these https://www.facebook.com/pg/theyoniversecollective/photos/?tab=album&album_id=298107960823996[lovely photos], +
  it looks like everything went well.
  
  there's a [few] of [me] +
  on that [stage]
  
  
  
  What if I told you +
  things weren't as +
  cheerful as they might seeM?
  
  
  A man has got to do +
  what a man has gotta do. +
  
  
  , to man up.
  
  F
  
  
  
  _-scriptindex, 23/11/19 sat_
  
  
  
  
  
negative.code: I have to stand up for myself, because no one else +
  can, or will. In that sense, I have no regrets.] +
  
  This is the longest piece I have ever written. +
  It's quite conversational so you will enjoy it. +
  
  It is best experienced by reading through the +
  entire thing, then checking all of the hyperlinks. +
  
  