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ISSUE NO. 14

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September 2025

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Poetry

Life’s Not a Party

By

Aidan

Aidan writes from a prison in VIC.

Helēna Rause Stibe via Unsplash

Life’s not a party my dearest darling

For we partied, now must you party alone

I fear your drinking may carry you to a place that smells of roses

And a lingering stench of sorrow and seeder

Must I fear that nothing good will come from an empty glass

So may I whisper a loving prayer to shadow your sorrow with good intention

And a soft place to land may you fall for another.

Life’s not a party my dearest darling

For we partied, now must you party alone

I fear your drinking may carry you to a place that smells of roses

And a lingering stench of sorrow and seeder

Must I fear that nothing good will come from an empty glass

So may I whisper a loving prayer to shadow your sorrow with good intention

And a soft place to land may you fall for another.

This
piece
was originally printed in the
September 2025
edition of About Time.
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