Joe how are you Good mate Have you seen The Brutalist A few months ago yes Did you like it It was the best film since The Godfather It was that good Have you seen it Viola Not yet but you know the reason why I heard that you had found a job Yes Where […]

That’s okay Ronnie I never really liked That watch

Joe do you have any outstanding Memories from your schooldays Being expelled Seriously The bus rides to the temporary dinner hall Why temporary The original building was found to be leaking Had you nicked the lead Right in one The journey was about twenty minutes long And we spent the time singing songs Which was […]

Thinks that I enjoy breaking codes But I am just a simple butcher Who collects stamps And fugitive spies Perfin De La Rue

Lives on the high road With her great friend Penny Venetian Red They appear to be sisters But are not related by birth

I keep a journal My receipt of days Everything is recorded A minutiae of all things Joe

I keep a journal A receipt of my days Everything is recorded A minutiae of all things Joe

I keep a cat Which brings in mice Coloured mice Soft to the touch I built my castle On a hill To protect myself From these small creatures But mice are valiant Not knowing defeat I can hear them moving Like rains on a window This unnerves me I have set my cat targets Only […]

I found an interesting jigsaw puzzle When I was in London last week It was a thousand piece puzzle But the puzzle did not have a subject Are you telling me that it was not illustrated It was not a landscape Or a bunch of beautiful flowers The puzzle lacked a subject It was a […]

Is a small village in Essex It had a railway station until 1963 Although no trains Rarely stopped at the station Because of its reputation For keeping pink pigs In the waiting rooms Francis Bacon Lived in the station house When he was young Which was often featured In none of his paintings