• on cash

    I’ll buy you a mealbut I won’t just give moneyyou said you’re hungry ~ n.b. Talk me through that again. Hungry means ‘food’ right? A young man, in a desperate condition, scarred, nervous, tired and dirty asked for a dollar for food. I said I’d get him some food, (we were stood outside a hamburger Read more

  • on time

    these leaves do not waitthe season is all year roundfor young men falling ~ CLP 25/09/2022 Read more

  • on Ukraine

    they still have enoughcowards to push the buttonsheroes would refuse ~ n.b. Resistance to conscription in Russia is an act of great courage. For Russians facing the press gang, “Do you have a plan? Run; Hide; Fight,” Which is what public notices in US railway stations advise in case an act of domestic terrorism develops Read more

  • on light

    despite so much lightno one can see everythingthere are dark corners ~ n.b. To describe Chicago as complex would be a good starting point. A stunning construction. A place that seems to strive to improve. My kind of town. Read more

  • on Ukraine

    enough mothers knowRussian blood runs down drains toopuddles form on clay ~ n.b. There are reports that queues to leave Russia to escape conscription to the diminishing army are stretching for miles at border posts. CLP 23/09/2022 Read more

  • on time

    late-night traffic haltsblues on red, no one aroundstill, they sit and wait ~ n.b. Chicago police are recruiting. The bus company is recruiting. Most bars, restaurants, shops seem to be recruiting. Trucking companies are recruiting. Everyone is recruiting. In the UK, it seems the over-50s, who have cleared off mortgages, been well-paid enough to save Read more