I can remember reading a novel by Marguerite Duras called L’Amant which detailed an affair between a French girl and a Chinese man. The book made me immensely sad as it was about the decline of empire or so it seemed A new order replacing the old I have always thought well of empire Order […]

On the whole I do not each that much As I do not really enjoy food That is not to say that I am casual about my diet (far from it) But I just find the whole process rather tedious Yet on occasions you will find me in fast food outlets Consuming in excess of […]

I can see you swimming in the declining winds You light up this sky with your bold colours What quiet passions do you hide

My heart is supposed to buried with my wife in Bournemouth And some of my bones are resident in a museum in Rome I lived in Marlow for a while but have never lived in Margate It is the town which Keats visited with his friend Charles Cowden Clarke I would like to visit Margate […]

I have a friend called Rachel R who has never been in a long relationship She does not have much going for her as she is fat and rather plain But of late Rachel has been very happy as she has met an Israeli chap Who does not judge her on her looks or the […]

On the Bridge Wolfgang my wife and I found a small weakness in the structure It was not that conspicuous and had recently been repaired with sour concrete I ran my smallest finger along the rough surface and discovered that it was still silk soft We then scratched our message into the setting mass whilst […]

In death you looked very much at peace Your soft coat showed no signs of recent aggression Quite how you came to rest on that bright grassy slope Was just another mystery which would remain unsolved

The Wet Room Had Israeli posters Advertising toothpaste Whilst showering These posters remained Uninterested in me On the final day I travelled around The city alone As many do The Metro Odeon Is quite ornate But it feels Modern In the street It was thirty-two degrees Hot enough for June Was a movie Made in […]

I was stretched out with Stephenson on her tiny bed We were discussing a murder case and were reading the reports I was fully dressed but Stephenson was naked from the waist down This was the way she worked and I had got used to seeing her like this Stephenson was wearing her only her […]

About halfway through my afternoon dream I came across an Art Deco bar which was located at the top of a shallow path This surprised me a little as it backed on to a beach which was being tormented by a vigorous breeze A smart barman in a white pinafore dress was blindly polishing his […]