Days that we all have
Until going back again.
Where will I find you?
~
CLP 02/11/2020
Tag: People
On the Street xii
Smiles become tight lips
Breaths held, sentences halted
Nothing to hear here
~
n.b. At first I thought this phenomena may be an unsociable characteristic of city life, but realised it is a new courtesy amongst the unmasked, a show of respect for passing fellow pedestrians with white hair; not breathing out, postponing the moment of exhalation until some random old boy has safely passed by.
~
08/10/2020
On The Street xi
~
No longer gold-paved
Whittington has turned away
Back to the country
~
n.b. I refer you to the story of Dick Whittington and (appropriately for this FaceBook age) his cat. The cat ended up quite wealthy too.
CLP 10/10/2020
On Chess
Making the first move
Does not necessarily
Mean having control
–
n.b. As in a gun duel in any Western movie you care to mention, moving first doesn’t always work out for the best.
~
CLP 31/08/2020
On the Road II
We fall into step
Discover the passing beat
Of lost hearts and souls
~
CLP 26/07/2020
Fractionally Better Off
I am not nothing
I am one eighth that became a seventh
I am one sixth and one quarter of two thirds
I am one half that begat a quarter, then grew to an eighth
I am one seventeen-thousand-eight-hundred-and-fourth1
I am one sixty-six-million-eight-hundred-and-ninety-thousandth2
I am one five-hundred-and-eight-millionth3
I am one seven-point-eight-billionth4
I am one with you
~
Notes:
1 Portsmouth FC average home attendance 2019/20 season
2 UK population 66.886 million (2020 estimate)
3 EU total population was estimated in 2015 as 508 million
4 Estimated global population in March was 2020 7.8 billion
~
CLP 07/07/2020
