My Then Is Not My Now 17/02/21

17/02/21  Between the ages of thirteen and fifteen, I did a lot of stuff that keeps my brain beating itself up over to this day. I used homophobic, racist, ableist and overall offensive words and phrases, trying to be as outrageous as possible for the sake of what I would’ve called, then, “humour”. I would [...]

Fuck You Like a Downward Facing Dog

When lowering, your weight is forward Don’t have to tell me twice Every lean over leads to topple Every topple leads to face first  And my nose needs a break, I tell you  Downward Spiral, could be Nah It’s a Pretty Hate Machine day My ears rattle My feet tap My heart beats My arms [...]

I Nearly Brought You Flowers

The sun shone then disappeared in the blink of an eye. I turned my head for a moment, and, it was gone. It felt wrong to miss it as it said goodbye but how could I have known it would leave so quickly? Suddenly the sky was dark, I missed the sun but the sun [...]

2021 Ain’t 2020 Darlin 17/01/21

17/01/21 Happy new year! Emphasis on the ‘happy’… Everyone has already said “God, hopefully this one will be better than the last!” Or, for the more pessimistic folk: “this year is already a steaming pile of shit and we’re only a couple weeks in”, and now I have something to say about that. I have [...]

My Happy EastEnding

I can't quite Pin point What it is I'm desperate To run back to But these memories Exhaust me Thinking of When Where and Who Of happy times Bad times All the shit Over the years I've been through I hear songs That remind me Of my old tunes I watch TV and Remember Ancient [...]

Chocolate & Changes 17/12/2020

17/12/2020 One door shuts, another door opens. One cardboard flap peals its way to signalling fingertip entrance, and another little chocolate inhabitant sits awaiting the scoffing. December is a time we in the West know in all of its delightful stereotypes. The darkness crawls down by the school run, yet the streets flicker with golden [...]

Regalia

I have a firm belief that the sharpest tool In your arsenal Should be your tongue. But every pocket's pallet holds Brainless lexis and stainless steal Bovine individuals with maladroit vocabulary And slick fists I'm embarrassed by this laziness And being big in demeanour but small In wits. Being interesting but interested in Nothing. Nothing [...]

Barb Belle

I deadhead The Bloomed, Tips trace and splinter; I am thorned, And now prickled in adversity To soft touch. In darker hours, I feel the shards anew As my Third Eye kisses  My shins.  Once more, I am reminded How naturally muliebrity flowers.  Once more, I am inspired To bleed the finger Of any man [...]

Some News on News 17/11/2020

17/11/20 Words play a bigger part in our lives than we may think. Each one carries connotations. We may hear or read the word ‘summer’ and get transported to feelings of warmth, or memories of joyful beach days, or snap back to a time when July weren’t as lovely as it so stereotypically felt it [...]