I once saw an android die It was not spectacular Far from it The machine just failed As if it had run out of life I spent the rest of day On that building site Knowing that I was totally visible But this did not trouble me As I had witnessed Something quite extraordinary

I was invited to a lecture Three Marxist Intellectuals Were top of the bill But when I arrived The vast hall was empty

Please forgive me for the flowers That were obviously for your lovely sister She is such a sweet girl Rachel insisted on this As you have both been so good to us since the accident We are both mending well and the other driver is the same Thank you for waking Nigger in the mornings […]

When Guy returned from Iceland He gave me an odd doll It resembled a corn dolly But was made out of wool She currently sits in a ceramic tray In all her purple and blue splendour

The wooden swings are of a simple construction With four banners two green two yellow Creating a recreational square Claude built these swings on the beach Just over two years ago for his wife She can often be found there Riding with the gentle sea winds

I saw her on most of my commuting days She worked in the same town as me But we never exchanged even a word The odd smile and that was about all Some of my colleagues thought we were good friends And asked me her name as she was rather beautiful I told them that […]

Joe why are you laughing I am reading about the idiocy of the church A short while ago the church had an attack of guilt About the supposed advantages that the church gained Through the slave trade Over one hundred and fifty years ago One of the senior idiots in charge Thought it would be […]

Hi Joe In the past I have spoken to you about what can loosely be termed Crime and Punishment I can remember chatting to you about the Camus novel A couple of summers ago in France It was an interesting conversation As you are totally against capital punishment Both Mauve and I disagreed with you […]

One of my first mature poems was called The Darkness of Arthur Rimbaud It dealt with his time in Africa Long after he had given up writing poetry Sadly I lost this early work during a move Between two residences in Ramsgate I often think that I might find this poem Completely by chance when […]

Joe Josie here I trust you are okay I have had a lazy day Mummy has spoilt me And I am supposed to scold you For being so disorganised The only problem is that mummy Watches anything on television She believes the hype Earlier I had to sit through something so lame That I think […]