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on the road
good decision, kidditch the costly driving schooluse the public bus~n.b. There can be no other explanation for the discarded L-plate at the bus stop, can there? Trust your children to improve on our handiwork. CLP 24/01/2026 →
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on humanity
Is it possibleTo love you allFor a momentWhen the connection sparksRegardless of pastOr future?Of courseFor a momentOf connectionSpare me your promises~ CLP 18/01/2026 →
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on winter
new year’s day ends with a stunning light showthe Sun demonstrating its power in a silent slow burnthe shift gradualfrom a touch of pink outlining the cloudsto this vermillion daubing of the skybroad brushed streaksstroked up and out from the very core of our stargiving depth to skeletal treesover-whelming all that is whitethe Earth glows →
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on morning
alarmed to new dayfrom sweet scented pillow dreamsyour absent presence~ CLP 22/12/2025 →
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on Ukraine
adventurous youthtravel from South Africaconsumed by Grinder~n.b. Chinese and young men from South Korea, now South Africans chasing work, all have found themselves in dead end jobs somewhere in Ukraine. The old man in Moscow is no longer content with killing a million of his country’s own sons, but is still seeking fresh blood and →
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It is not what it is
What is this cynical acceptanceOf injusticeof discrimnationof iniquityof downright wrong?Powerlessness? Complacency? World weariness?I’m all right, Jackness?Question. Challenge. Confront.It is not what it is.It does not have to be what it is.~n.b. “Music is the weapon” (Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti), or at least, not the least of them. CLP 24/11/2025 →
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on the page
a writer sat downto write about a writerstruggling to writeat a retreat deep in Dorsetaway from daily distractions(obviously, that’s the appeal of a retreat)the story takes a nasty turnwhen the writer is foundbludgeoned to deathwith fingers crushedbetween the lid and keyboardof a MacBookpolice say that the weaponfound at the scenewas a remaindered hardback bookabouta writer →
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on Ukraine
a blanket has been thrown over itbut the grim reality continuesif you scroll down far enougha story emerges to remind usMoscow’s war is unendingin the face of the heroic resistanceholding the fortsallying forth to disruptdrawing a linealong which both might talkUkraine lives!~ CLP 14/11/2025 →
Journey of Words 