Fluid soft streams of light Dominate the night sky The air is slipping towards summer

I recently came across A clip from an Indian movie Which details the assassination Of a politician or a bad guy On an express train It is all very stylish And is accompanied By Tourner Dans Le Vide From my beloved Indila At present I am contemplating The assassination of a senior politician In this […]

La guerre est finie Tomas Really nobody told me I find that very strange Did you not notice anything Not really maybe a decline in suicide missions And Berlin is lets say a little strange Your uniform What about my uniform It is very tatty How long have you had your uniform Since 1943 I […]

I am sitting on the upper deck Of my morning bus It passes the building Where I used to be employed Before I experienced redundancy The building has not changed at all But it is no longer illuminated I am holding a bottle of clear whisky It has not been opened Nor will I consider […]

Sussanne always sailed Close to the dangerous rocks It was an irrational fear Buried deep in her superstitions She thought that she would fall From the edge of her known world

This will be the last Joe for a while It will also be the last Josie and Sephine I think that some of you have suspected That something was going to change How right you were In a couple of weeks it will be the fifteenth anniversary Of the loss of our beloved father Who […]

History passes those who let it pass I have no quarrel with these words As I sail towards obscurity

They had travelled To a southern beach In search of amethysts Raven Red and Turquoise Paddled carelessly in the waves Ignoring a markedly handsome artist Who had been lamed during childhood

I had not seen Silly Boy For quite a while I was aware that That he had joined the army And had been promoted rapidly This surprised me as he was not that bright But he excelled in the staff car division As he always wore his khaki uniform Which was very very important If […]

Why am I in Spain It is probably for the same reason Than you are in Spain Unlike you I do not have Spanish blood Everybody around me is English But I am told that I look Spanish I love the sun and the pace of life And this makes me even more unhappy with […]