People Come and Go
and so it isthat people comeand people goand we have thebriefest time togetherin our small lives and we ourselvescome and then goin an average spanof 80 years or sowe can do little andyet still we waste time technology bringsnew friends onlinewhilst old friendsdon’t always adaptto new realitiesor our neglect generations comeand make progressor so it […]
With or Without Masks
some sayremove your maskat your perilfriends become strangersnot knowing you at all never trusting againgoing forwardthey will wonderwhat else lies hiddenwhat consequences yet others sayreveal your true selflive an authentic lifehonest and truecelebrate the real you let others see youthey can knowwhat they seeis what they gettrusting who you are then againevery maskhas reason behindpast […]
No Peace Today
yeah yeahwhywhat are you doing hereshift your bones old womanwho asked you along anywaymy spacego awaydon’t come backbet you can’t bark as loud as meI would have a gobut I came here for peaceand quietwell you’re silent anywaybut where’s the peacenot herenot todayI might bite youjust see if I don’tyou’re a menacethe authorities should ban […]
Onwards and Onwards
it is already late enoughso no more waiting requiredand dreams are mostly expireddecisions can be roughand the body is tired the mind is tired tooconcentration is failingbut there is no use railingwhen there is so much to doand no room left for wailing onwards and onwardsupwards is by the waynow less work more playgradually moving […]
Look
look in the mirrorsee the square headsee the mannot quite deadbut getting there look in the binsee the rot and ruinsee the disappearing worldhear the trouble brewingyet still there look out the windowsee them all looking inbored with their existenceand making a dinbut not understanding look across the seasee another landrun as fast as you […]
Man Down With It
no need to man up butbe man down with itnot man overboardnot excessive emotionnot too sensitive more than masculine enoughno need to be more toughmanage the smoothas well as the roughbe accountable not depressedbut man retreatingfrom toxicity and misogynyencouraging consentand welcoming diversity many of you tried tobeat me into your shapebut I chose a form […]
Rosa’s Neighbour
There was something wrong. He had felt it when he emerged from the bath this morning, and now he was leaking. He tried to change form, but was unable to do that. He knew what was happening, but didn’t want to believe it. He wasn’t even 500 years old, and his fellow Althusians normally lived […]
Examining Posture in ‘The Age of Bronze’ by Rodin
The three views of Rodin’s statue are of a bronze cast of the sculpture known as ‘The Age of Bronze’ by Auguste Rodin, whilst the fourth image is that of the upper part of Michaelangelo’s ‘Dying Slave’, the stance of which Rodin was echoing in his ‘Age of Bronze’ sculpture. Clearly, the model in Rodin’s […]
Celie and Frank – Till Death Do They Part
CONTENT – Extreme violence, intimidation, strong predatory language, domestic abuse, terror. Celie came rushing back into the house, caked in mud and blood. She slammed the front door shut, knowing there was no comeback, now. She headed for the bathroom, dropping her muddy clothes all over the floors as she went, because she could […]
Before The Day – Now and again
fantasyis what I might dobut probably won’torwhat I thinkI want to dobut probably don’tormaybeit’s just for playvisions in the headwhilst sat-up in bedalonebutthinking what iforif onlyoraskingdo I feel lonely?before knowingthe answer for sureis no, not reallyjust…now and againbefore starting the day Fraser