I am just driving towards the Border Gates Borders are a bore But necessary as security is important A tall woman in a stiff blue blouse and a thick black skirt Asks me for my passport She is not wearing a cap as the day is hot When she had finished checking my identity I […]

Even in winter I feel the hidden warmth of the city I have woken up thinking of this abstraction as I often do You have opened the large elegant windows Which are slowly reflecting the thin blue sun into our large apartment Breakfast is simple and is followed by Peruvian coffee We both shower and […]

Alice and I have just returned from a long hot walk in nearby hills We are sweaty and require a cool shower However the shower in the farmhouse is fucked As we are experiencing supply problems once again There is a shower on the blindside of the garden But there are obstacles to overcome   […]

I have a rather strange condition which concerns colour. It is a rather unique as I often purchase books solely for the way they look No matter the subject I find it quite pleasing to place these books in to my bookcase And sit back and enjoy their colourful music There is no cure for […]

I had not expected my hosts to arrive so soon But there they were free under the naked trees The winds were still bitter and we shivered As we followed the bare contours of the meadow But once hidden we soon celebrated our sanctuary And awaited the soft warmth of the gentle months

On the scorched rocks above the beach Their were six black goats They could always be found on these rocks   These creatures were known locally as the Devil’s Children As it was supposed that these goats Had become lost during their final journey from Hell   I was above these trite tales and hollow […]

It is not illegal to sunbathe topless in mortuaries This fact attracts a lot of people to the profession My cousin Mary is a mortician She studied thanatology at college And summered at Cape Cod Where she was known to sunbathe topless Previously it had been illegal to do so between the lighthouses But this […]

I am floating above the clouds With my best friends girlfriend in my arms She is wearing a white gossamer dress I am wearing a black suit without buttons Bolivia is paddling in the shallows Looking for pink pastel sea shells The wind is cold and in a poor humour No pirates have landed on […]

When I was at school one of my greatest friends was a boy called Phillip                                                                                  […]

The bookstall at the top of the stairs sells newspapers and magazines                                                                                        […]