Things to which I cling Stuff which I need Too many lights In the night At Christmas As colours drenched the home Because when you have no reason for hope Hope is all you have These things to which I cling Too much stodge Cheap but at a cost I’ve paid for it so I’ll […]
This year has not been what I thought it would be – that is often the case but this year more so than normal and this time not just for me. Global events have shaken all our lives to a greater or lesser extent. This upheaval has cost many their lives and upended others, I […]
Excel, well that’s swell, fever’s lick feels like hell, The fail of the trace and tell, population fell, monies funeral bell, tolls with the lols of incompetence, punches roll, as population control = morale at all time low, stow the tins in rows, you stole 4 day rice in a bowl.
The dead teacher hung from the rafters A distended face locked in agonising turn Students gaze glassy eyed uncomprehending As they return to a parody of education With all facts ripped from within The police office was garrotted Lycra tights of the sex worker cutting into a thick neck that was stuck out Trying to […]
I bought a new dress It was silkier than I thought And when I put it on I can’t help but think That by the fashion police I will be caught You see it looks like it belongs to my 10 yr old Really will I ever be so bold As to don this lovely […]
Tolerance of intolerance Is written on the walls And leads to blood once more Core entwisted to the noose Swings in the shadows of the age Once more fascism is the rage
Isms cause skisms I’d rather have equality Cos people are people And should not depend on an identity Forged from labels others have given to them To stuff them into boxes and forget about them
It was my husbands birthday He was 34 when they came a knocking at the door We expected Avon or Betterware Instead three kids stood there “Excuse me could you take our kitten please No sir it aint a tease Our mum says we’ve got to move soon We’re going to share a room We […]
Ribboned light locked her tight within a shadows embrace The embrace locked her place Within the loop of time Of such a time marked a crime Within a crimson tide Bloody tide, nowhere to hide Within this hell of now And as with now all shall bow To the queen of desire Of her desire […]
Ghost of the ghetto Your shadow is long Reaching the present In teachings and films Ghost of the ghetto The nightmares of man Clouding the mind Of one who was never there Ghost of the ghetto the I look to you Is my fathers fear Of you of the hate from which you grew Ghost […]