I left Moscow sleeping In our apartment She would sleep For another two hours By then I would be in The Border Fields Painting with many freedoms Using a bright palette

Beth was walking slowly with her night lamp It shone brightly even though the light was not yet lost Her friend Pearl was sitting in front her van Smoking quietly as Jazzy Zee picked out a tune On her tired torn and bleached guitar In the distance Cyprus Falls was falling into darkness As it…

The August trees Are bathed In a rustic light Summer appears To be fading Yet the days Are still warm And the hours long August is a confusing month

I watched the sun break this morning It reminded me of my Japanese days

I often contemplate suicide As I miss her so much My life is so very vacant without her I often contemplate suicide As I miss her so much And would like to think That she misses me

Josie Joe Here is a clip of film from many years ago What do you notice The fashions Not just the fashions The cars No not the cars or the buildings or the colour of the dog shit What am I supposed to notice Joe The size of the people How many fat people can…

There was an item on the BBC recently About homeless people in large cities It was a typical biased BBC report But they dropped an absolute clanger As they reported that most of these people Were not born in the UK Far from it There is such an obvious answer To this problem But it…

Why are you smiling Gill I was just thinking What would your parents think If they came into this room Would they be shocked Whatever for I am in bed with the person I love Who just happens to be a woman What does Rex think of me He thinks the world of you Really…

It is a known fact That ripe apples Fall more frequently During storms It is a known fact  That locust  Sing loudly  During storms 

I was swimming in the sea off of Cap Ferrat When I spotted a topless woman on a beach Yet it was not her nudity that attracted me But her tattoos of which there were many Most were pretty ordinary but the one On her lower back greatly unnerved me As it was my likeness…