The way of
Empires is to
wreck countries
all around them
and then refuse
to accept the
consequences.
Category: literature
Choose your side
Is every country
now faced with the
prospect of its
own version of the
Spanish Civil War?
Easy solutions
Homo
sapiens will
reject any
solution to
over-
population
and excess
consumption
that doesn’t
involve
killing the other
species we share
this small planet
with, or
killing the other
humans we share
this small planet
with.
I read the news today, oh boy!
Paul
McCartney
is seventy seven
and Ringo
Starr
is seventy nine?
Wait a minute.
I’ve lost fifty
years somewhere.
Anyone seen them?
Speak Strine
Never use two
syllables when
one will do;
never use three
syllables when
two will do;
never use four
syllables.
Mirror, mirror
When I am gone
no mirror will
ever reflect
my face again.
Ageless
My old school
classmates are
all turning
seventy five
this year.
Not me,
I’m turning
seventy four
and I feel
oddly pleased
about this,
like setting a clock
an hour forward
and so gaining
time. And I
need to gain
all I can.
Snowed under
Old people
have one hundred
words for
not feeling well.
Put it in your album
You take photos
to remind
yourself of
good times.
But you can’t
bear to look
at them again
because they
remind you of
good times.
Alien
I suppose,
for most people,
writing isn’t
like breathing.
