Only God knows that I exist Quite why he cares I do not know Nobody else is aware of me Which has its advantages As I own an old bookshop Without regular customers In a dingy street near the railway station

For a number of years I corresponded with a priest from Senegal It was a gentle friendship which we both enjoyed without thought And then he died of a fever in the days before his fiftieth birthday This devastated me and even now ten years later I long to hear his voice But of late…

When I was very young I remember being told a story about a girl who had been blind since birth Who had her diseased eyes replaced During a pioneering operation Her donor was a serial killer who had been tried and fried for his crimes All was well for a while But soon she began…

I am planning to celebrate my next birthday Which is a landmark birthday By sitting on a wall in Versailles Enjoying on ice cream Whether this will materialise or not is open to question As the future is always fluid Nothing is still Only the past remains unchanged One can interpret the past But the…

the most accurate to gauge a nations progress is to study its railway network  railways were one of gods greatest gifts to man  if a country is proud of its railways  then it is going forward  if it neglects them  then the opposite is true  in my country the railways have declined alarmingly  with miles…

The clouds hung heavily over the hills as I walked across the drenched fields towards you I could see you standing under the pink blossom trees with your collar upturned against the feral winds We were making our way towards the white city But the weather had detained us You told me that you were…

In 1971 some scenes of a movie about Mary Queen of Scots were shot under the cliffs not far from my home During the filming an amber ring was lost when it was cast into a rock pool and swallowed up by the tide I recently found this ring and gave it to my lovely…

We were spending the last night in our cottage As it was due to be repossessed I looked out of the window from our love bed And could see the clumsy movements Of the malignant bailiffs As they tried to hide amongst the tired autumn trees I looked at your fragile naked breasts Deep in…

I always had the feeling that Frau Parker did not like me Perhaps she was frightened of my intellect which I tried to keep concealed But my cat flap had betrayed me in its simplicity I had written a paper detailing its construction and discussed the philosophy of my invention The cat I explained was…

n my dream you and I were at the railway station in Southall We were due to catch a train to Paddington And then you disappeared leaving only a carrier bag of clothes for me to wear As I looked for you I was approached by two tourists who were great fans of John Lennon…