Broken Biscuits

Broken English,

Broken home,

Broken biscuits,

Broken phone,

Broken up,

Broken down,

Broken biscuits,

Broken town.

Shoes were bought

Broken in.

One new pair

Breaks the bank.

Broken up,

Broken down,

Broken biscuits,

Broken.

Mum's bones are breaking,

Cut-outs in the photographs,

Splitting our prescriptions,

Broken biscuits.

Living room, Broke and Bones,

Scenes cut 'cause the copies cracked,

Smithereens across the carpet;

Broken biscuits.

Can a river stop its banks from bursting?

Blame the council, not the rain.

No preparation

For the breakdown.

My mum's bones are breaking

And there's cut-outs in the photographs

So we're splitting our prescriptions

Like they're broken biscuits.

Living room, Broke and Bones,

Scenes cut 'cause the copies cracked.

Smithereens across the carpet;

Broken biscuits.

Can a river stop its banks from bursting?

Blame the council, not the rain.

No preparation

For the breakdown.

My mum's bones are breaking

And there's cut-outs in the photographs

So we're splitting our prescriptions

Like they're broken biscuits.