Certificate 15

A sonnet for the Ranters...

“At open day, between Geography and History, he has 10 minute appointments with parents who want to murder their children. It’s more common than you might imagine.”

Food for thought when making progress.

I guess those who talk about it don't do it ... You know ... that thing folks do when they do ...

i need advice on real life issues this is not a story

Bit 2 of 'The Tao of Stan' - the plotless episodes from the mundane life of some bloke somewhere...

"The girls squeaked with alarm when a blood-curdling scream erupted from somewhere outside, wafting in through the open window of the dorm on the breath of the night."

One of a series.

"It's quite a place. Why do you have all these pictures of handsome men on the wall? I'm a bit jealous."
"Former boyfriends," she answered.
"Is my picture going to be on the wall also?"

A young fighter finds life quite different on the other side of the fence...

She sat at the bar, waiting. She was like a spider waiting for a fly to get stuck in her web.

Someone sat next to her, looked around a little bit and then ordered a Corona.

Desperate times cannot be measured
in tears drops because our floors are not flooded.
And I left the taps running but nothing happened,
sorrow did not appear, it was as good as gone-

‘Oberon, you fat, lazy botherer of God,’ Trojan the disgraced innkeeper roared, ‘get up and fetch some wood for the fire.’

i’m the reporter at
an earnest conference.
in the middle, him,
red-faced behind faint rubble of old acne scars.
officers, intent on every tremble of his lip,
offer options.

“Hand over your monkey,” the robber said, brandishing a gnu. The rest of the gang had been lion in wait, and suddenly leopard out brandishing shoguns.

the worst enemy of the worker---
it stares back at you ticking away
informing quietly
of every single second, minute, hour
that you will never ever get back &

Tinkle Velocipede – undoubtedly – gained her all-too vital celebrity status in the UK when she combined the two – up to then - entirely separate genres of TV cookery programme and full-frontal n

I wish I were able to shape
my thoughts into something
I can say out loud
or breathe into the air:

a cold winter sky
filling up with:
I’m-sorries.

You went and set the bar
Damn you!
Can’t replace you
Too high
Can’t see beyond you
Thank you…!
Wonderful free spirited
Sexy you!
Curse you and all that passion
A stake in its heart

Oscar Wilde once said something good about being drunk.