I think that to realise what this dream means to you, you should try and identify the exact feelings you had whilst your dad was turning into his meal. You say it was quite ordinary....but did you feel pleased, bored, dissappointed or thankful that you wouldnt have to listen to his drunken ranting.

http://www.abctales.com/alp/spread

For some reason, this feels like it should be a Monty Python song!

'Filthy wretch' seems a bit harsh, but I can see it's necessary for the rhyme... otherwise...

Nice one, alp!

"P"

You know haiku is 5:7:5 syllables?

Anyone know if there is a form of poetry that is 2:2:2?

Just wondering, like...

"P"

Anyone been watching the C4 series 'Lost'.

This really is not my kind of thing but it's well written and well researched - I detect the writer must have been a submariner:

http://www.abctales.com/swaffhammark/dolphin_down

If you are into naval stuff then you will enjoy this.

is this any good? i want to email to friend for whom it is written but in these circs it is important not to make a bigger ar** of oneself than is strictly necessary.I really dont know. i nerver know until things have matured. is it a decent enough vintage or an overripe Gorgonzola?

To start writing using a name affiliated with one of the most inventive and intelligent songwriters of our, or indeed, any time (and my personal favorite) is a bold move, but for me with this poem you've nailed it.

I've liked much of your work to date, and the improvement from piece to piece is dramatic - but this is the one that's really done it for me.

Love this middle passage:

"insomniac masturbation
a cure all for the
nocturnally challenged
only drains me of
any life that remained"

I'll have that rattling round my head all day.