Frosty Morning

Deep-green fields far away,picturesque and framed on a morning-memory day,I’d love to be therebreathing in the dewy air. I’d hypnotically stand as mesmerised as a foggy-faced scarecrowup to my wooden stick ankles in lush-green grass bladeswhere sheep bleat and cows lowbringing me round to duelling crow-cawing echoeswhere my frozen noserefuses to dethaw to frosty wintry …

Octopus Pullover

Wearing your heart on a sleevein your octopus pulloverlike when you grievebecause it’s over. Like when you blurt it out and see it blow away.When instantaneous taxidermy stuffs you for your museums.Like when you wrap up on a winter’s day.When stalactite and stalagmite teeth get iced up in your gums. Like when wearing your armour …

Just another one with my head in the sands of time

I was just another onewho knew it was wrongbut didn’t speak up for what’s rightand slept safely in my bed at night. I was just another one who didn’t actapart for showto get brownie points rackedup on my school report to sleep well on my pillow. When history books gathered dust on my shelvesand history …

The Bellringers’ Tale

Old friends with old tolls to tell,pulling together despite a ropey universe,where nothing means nothingand whenish arrives the hearse. That rascally boy and that tomboy girlringing doorbells and running awaysnapping cheesy smiles of frankensense and monster myrrh,unwrapping presents on a vague week-long recordless birthday. OAPs singing songs from The Great Warkeeping everyone awake in the …

Blind Date with History

Occupational hazard for the meaningfulis posting their ideas for the meaningless.The worst best thing for guillotine builders is being coolas they lose their heads in a bloody mess. Running to the wings and coming to a dead endpoor little rich millionaires run out of mansion bedrooms to hide incornered by wool knitting nitwits who’ve pulled …

Houdini Getaway

The getaway car’s engine is running inconspicuouslyready for the disappearance act.Timings throughout meticulouslytimed to overturn doubts and make them fact. If all goes to plan, the getaway will get away with it.The authorities won’t have a clue.No fuzz but champagne fizzand living it up in sunny climes with nothing but leisure to do. Codename ‘Calvin’.Make …