• Mileage

    Time and distance has stretched Scent, touch, breath. Our silent words do not translate so well to text. I count days since; until. ~ CLP 24/12/2020

  • On Losing (20)

    Not ember, but film Our fire cools, its raw fuel spent Remains of friendship ~ CLP 22/12/2020

  • On Numbers (B117)

    Inevitably Jabs then evidence of such: Identity cards ~ n.b. A new number to learn. The coronavirus variant ID for the ‘English Virus’ as some might label it, is B117. Sick Man of Europe, (no longer of EU), will need to be able to verify clean bill of health before being allowed to stand in

  • On Winter

    How low can you go? Helios that’s enough now Please lighten our load ~ n.b. Tomorrow the Winter Solstice. Not a question of belief, just a bloody relief! CLP 20/12/2020

  • On Losing (15)

    Is there a golden strand That threads it all together Or is it our wake? ~ CLP 17/12/2020

  • On Losing (14)

    What have you got left? Time is tight, so says the song Quite simply nothing. ~ n.b. I first heard ‘Time is Tight’ from The Clash and subsequently learnt it was another belter from Booker T and The MGs. Which means I recognise two Booker T Jones tunes these days. I am a man who

  • On Losing (12)

    It is the hope that drags you back every time Without it what’s left? ~ CLP 10/12/2020

  • On Losing (11)

    I had every faith that we might beat the long odds of course I was wrong ~ CLP 10/12/2020

  • On Losing (9)

    Is it unthinkable that you and I might never remain in contact? ~ CLP 10/12/2020

  • On Losing (8)

    Big Pharma profits will have to take a back seat to humanity ~ n.b. Intellectual property rights and patents are all very well, but as with HIV, not worth the paper they are written on if used to hold a gun to the heads of the poor, or inhibit production of effective vaccines for Covid-19.