In all sincerity,
It is a pathetic pity.
I merely offer sympathy,
With such velocity.
This sadness born out of the blue,
That decides to levy itself on you.
In your fixed stillness,
I sense your illness.
Accept my sympathy;
You lost a pet,
Somebody made you upset.
Accept my sympathy;
You lost a friend,
Your broken heart is yet to mend.
Accept my sympathy;
You were once abused,
Possibly at [...]

If our lives are written in sport,
Endless lines that reach the nethers and tort,
In sympathy and affection; loyalty gone for the reasons of our team,
Are we not tropes of a wider kalideoscope
Where what is not important is transferred to the pub or terraces,
So we can sit it in bars for the sake of a hopeful [...]

A pocketful of sympathy
Is really rather wonderful
To stop a scratch from stinging
Or a bruise from black and bluing
A pocketful of sympathy
Can stop a heart from hurting
Or catch a tear that’s falling
Like a raindrop down a cheek
A pocketful of sympathy
Costs absolutely nothing
It’s the cheapest kind of plaster
That you’ll ever ever find
And a pocketful of sympathy
Is like [...]