Eternal City
Eternal City The old vulture’s circle one more timePriceless, pristine, clad carmineAll robed in silkAnd it’s all change amongst the strangeThe grim old men of that ilkA small fire’s smoke may yet shed...
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Drive through Jesus...No broken bread or red wineJust double order southern friedKing James who never liedAnd any one who’d mess with us Had better read Leviticus... The potatoes were devine...
View ArticleMy Granddad's Gold-Ring
My Granddad's Gold-Ring A tatty old shoebox, From Timothy WhitesFound high in the roof spaceAnd brought to the lightWhere the pencilled in legendGents oxfords, brown 8Bears little relation to the...
View ArticleThe thing that wasn't Darren
The thing that wasn't Darren I saw it at my window onceThe thing that wasn’t DarrenThe cold, wide, sidelong staring eyeQuite stole away my voice…I thank God my dog found his!(All boys should own a...
View ArticleThe Folly of (my) Youth
Folder: Railing at the MoonThe Folly of (my) YouthMyrvanwy Just nineteen Peeking, pouting Under dark rolling curls Lolling lissom and athletic, Gleaming, warm golden Sleak…sun bronzed And smiling The...
View ArticleMaitland
Maitland'Maitland' that was all said plum toned, stiff lipped no forename offered and no proffered hand it was all, he deemed, I would ever need to know while his shirt whispered silkily of distant...
View ArticlePolaroid
PolaroidA now fading Polaroid of Catherine, aged seven, as I will always remember her in jelly shoes pink hotpants and muppet “Animal” Tee all peach skin and freckles and that oh so troublesome mane of...
View ArticleDogmatic
We all thank you for your effortsBathed, as they were, in the blood And in the body of Christand I personally will admit a certain fondnessfor the civilisation you built…on nothing more than...
View ArticleWhy?
Why?It’s all such a long time ago now and those few who knew those who were to blame are all long dead and those childhood memories of catechismal…unpleasantries have long been locked away and yet….yet...
View ArticleHail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace…fat old priest with florid face...and Holy Mary, Mother of God,Help me kill the mean old sod.Amen.
View Article“Gnostica”…or “Eastside Story”
“Gnostica”…or “Eastside Story” – A Skeletal Plot for a Musical About The Evolution by Unatural Selection of The Gods of the Great Killer Ape. The basic plot would seem familiarThe gangleader…(played...
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Mabs water from the holy wellDrawn at moonrise..starts the spellTwo rings of iron…one twig of oakAll twined, woodbine, holly bright,With mistletoe…all reaped at nightThat one dried bone of skeletal...
View ArticleHeirloom
Claw marks on Grandma's armchairI could kill that god damned catA good mouser though, to be quite fair!Claw marks on Grandma's armchairShe found him, bone and matted hairTrussed in a bag outside her...
View ArticleAnother damned cat...
A tiny milky ball of furShaky, mewling, Paws a whirrBuzz sawing lengths of happinessBundled beneath my daughter's dressAnd“Can we keep her daddy please?”…. pink nose and eyes so bright I do try to say...
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