tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422582664716050612024-03-13T20:15:41.374+00:00Straight talking street talking sweet...www.sewina.blogspot.com Marian Bironski aka Ian Biro All work Copyright Andy Sewina (c) 2006 - 2024
Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.comBlogger942125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-65256724613681651652024-02-12T00:55:00.001+00:002024-02-12T00:55:14.376+00:00Haikuish<p> </p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">THE TREE</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The brain of
the tree</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">is in the
grain of the bark</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spring green
leaves fall brown</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">12022024</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-78446391739056970072023-12-24T10:21:00.005+00:002023-12-24T10:21:30.681+00:00Christmas poem 2 and 3...<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">TO THE KING
OF KINGS</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wise men
from the East Astrologers at least come to feast their eyes upon the
King bringing gold frankincense and myrrh to the City of David at the
centre of the earth where a virgin blessed by God has given birth to
the King of Kings and Lord of Lords the Saviour for all sinners who
believe for He proclaimed that whosoever believes in him shall not
perish but have eternal life for God did not send his Son into this
world to condemn the world but to save the world through him Wise men
from the east Astrologers at least come to feast their eyes upon the
King bringing gold frankincense and myrrh to the City of David at the
centre of the Earth where a virgin blessed by God has given birth to
the King of Kings and Lord of Lords the Saviour for all sinners who
believe
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">24122023/1/150</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">CHRISTMAS
EVE
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you believe
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">it's Christmas Eve
today</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mush mush and</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such and such</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Slush slush</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Slush slush and</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such and such</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mush mush</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know much about</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reindeers and snow</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I suppose that
they're</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">out there somewhere</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's Christmas Eve
today</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">can you
believe?</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">24122023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-50196229282309416272023-12-19T21:11:00.002+00:002023-12-19T21:11:27.621+00:00Christmas poem one 2023<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">ON THE CYCLICAL SCALE</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Compliments of the
season to one and all</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maid Marion, Robin Hood
(and his merry men)</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">They tell me that
Christmas is for Kings
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">donkeys wise men
shepherds and sheep</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">others say that
Christmas is for puddings
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">turkeys with or without
all the trimmings
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">One man said it's for
feeding the homeless</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">another said you're
either ruthless or roofless
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">these days, and no one
really cares that much</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">how cynical is that on
the cyclical scale</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">We won't be giving many
presents this year</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">there'll be one or two
and they'll cost a packet</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">you'll know it's yours
if the carrier bag rattles
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">if it doesn't it'll be
leftovers for the microwave</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maid Marion, Robin Hood
(and his merry men)</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">compliments of the
season to one and all</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">19122023</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-16892025562294451992023-12-05T17:48:00.008+00:002023-12-05T17:48:51.458+00:00250 or Bust...<p><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">DREAM NINE</span></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The ancient bus stutters to a halt, I get out and start to run up the hill. It’s raining hard and someone’s chasing me. I hate running and I hate rain, but most of all I hate hills. I can hear a man behind me, he’s shouting and he’s catching me fast. I reach the top of the hill and jump over an old stone wall, big mistake I realise, as I reach out and grab the overhead electric railway cable to break my fall. Just then I sense a train coming towards me, without thinking I let go of the cable and land on top of the speeding locomotive. I lie flat, clinging on for dear life, I’m soaking wet now and it’s still pouring with rain. After a few minutes the train pulls into a country station and I manage to clamber down onto the platform. I make my way outside, and board a waiting bus. The driver looks familiar, but I sit down near the back and hope the heater will help me get dry. The bus starts to move, but I have no idea where we are going. It creaks and groans as it begins to wind its way up a long wooded road. We overtake a cross country runner; I know I've seen him someplace before, but when and where? The bus is making a horrible gurgling noise now, and it all comes flooding back to me as the ancient bus stutters to a halt.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">051214/250</span></span>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-63888088659261594462023-10-13T16:02:00.003+01:002023-10-13T16:02:31.057+01:00From 2018...<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Something I wrote in
2018...</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">PURPLE HAZE</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He beats and bangs her
drums until she comes</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">And flaps his wings and
flies around the room</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">His winkle-pickers
tapping to the tune</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He introduces her to
rock 'n' roll</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He strips and bares his
soul and starts to sing</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some people do seem to
have such strange ways</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">When she begins to weep
his guitar plays</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some people say this
world is just a maze</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He tells her that
there's nothing much to do</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">And we're all living in
a purple haze</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Friday like any other
Friday but</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's Friday the
thirteenth and that means that</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Strange things happen
even stranger things are</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Forecast ask Hitchcock
and Castro et al</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't listen to the
things that people say</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">And all the Different
Ones born on that day</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He beats and bangs her
drums until she comes</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Backflips and flaps his
wings and flies away</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">130418</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-59839913434515578502023-09-07T16:56:00.005+01:002023-09-07T18:07:48.422+01:00Recent trips to Paris and Dublin...<p><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Dublin collection</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">BOTH BANKS OF THE
LIFFEY</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dublin at first glance
the same as last time
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and the time before
that that I was there
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">kicking myself now that
we didn't go
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">to see the Molly Malone
sculpture this trip
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but made up for it by
discovering
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">a new Oscar Wilde
figure plonked on a bench
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">outside Kennedys pub
at Trinity College</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">We walked along both
banks of the Liffey
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">crossing bridges
several times in the heat</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">oh yes it was September
but it was warm</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I perhaps almost nearly
forgot
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">to mention that the weather was extra hot</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1d2228;">In sight of the Phoenix Park Obelisk </span>
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">the Wellington Monument we turned back</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">Christ Church Cathedral Dublin Castle and</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">Saint Patrick's where Jonathan Swift is buried</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">The GPO on O'Connell Street and James Joyce</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">looking tired standing in the shadow of the
Spire</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">Full Irish Breakfast at The Boxty House</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">Guinness straight from the river Liffey</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">Oyster Stout at the Temple Bar Porterhouse</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">More churches than the Vatican</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">more distilleries than Cognac in France</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">More singers dancers thinkers and drinkers</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">more writers than a library full of books</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">More trinkets than Las Vegas Bonanza</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">more poets musicians and song writers</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">More pubs than Greene King</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">07092023/Dublin</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #800180;">Paris collection</span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">THE TRAFFIC FLOWS</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1d2228;">The Eiffel Tower mellows magnificently </span>
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1d2228;">lit up in red and golden yellows </span>
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1d2228;">Above the rooftops in every arrondissement </span>
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #1d2228; font-size: large;">her searchlight sweeps the Parisian night</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1d2228;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Clockwise
and counter clockwise all day long</span></span></span><br />relentless
the traffic flows on the Peripherique
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">likewise on Rive Gauche
and Rive Droite
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the cars go hell for
leather hammer and tongs</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Sacre Coeur
Basilica whiter than white</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">appears ivory when lit
up at night</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Bateaux Mouches
cruise up and down insane</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">from Pont de L'Alma on
the river Seine
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">And Paris sleeps but
doesn't sleep at all</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Croissants Brioche
Baguettes and Pain de 'Epi
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">all need to be made to
feed the morning crowd</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yawning we head for the
Metro - Airport bound
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">30082023/Paris
collection</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-48499573634096870412023-05-06T02:04:00.001+01:002023-05-06T02:04:26.486+01:00Secret Poetry<p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here's something I first wrote in 2009, but this is a slightly different version...</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">MY SECRET</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">I go to my secret place in the poetry garden </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">not many people know about that </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">but <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>you know all my secrets anyway so it’s okay </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's my poetry patch really where I grow poetic things </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">my favourite poems are the weeds </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">I cultivate them ad hoc in my mind</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">But they (other poets) grow theirs naturally </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">as nature does sometimes </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">I will cut an edge perhaps prune a word or three </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">mostly I just watch things grow </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">climb up the poet tree </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">and sit atop the branches </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">where the fairies swing is tied </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">to watch them mirror dancing </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">(they only tire at sunset) </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I come back down to earth</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">this is the poem that wrote itself</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">it told me to write it down like this:</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Making monkey mayhem </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">funky madness </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">sitting up the poet tree </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">writing down every word that she whispers to me </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">the secret of the ages of the rings </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">the way the wordy wordy wordy sings </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">everything she brings from where she comes </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">where she goes nobody really knows </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">she recites her wordy words to my world </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">my world doesn’t hear a thing she says</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">(the wind blows her words whispering to me)</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">She sister she secret society she says silently – hoping I can hear</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">110409/06052023 </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span></span></div></div>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-85449777842264047232023-05-01T17:50:00.004+01:002023-05-01T17:50:43.155+01:0015/Conclusion<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/Conclusion</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazingly we've reached
yet another end to the napowrimo challenge of thirty poems in thirty
days. As usual may I take this opportunity to congratulate each and
everyone of you who completed it this time.
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had a little
distraction mid way through the project as I had to go to Poland for
a few days. Fortunately I was still able to write something each day
and post it from there which reinforces not only the power of the
internet, but the global appeal of napowrimo these days too.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The next setback for me
was that after returning from Poland my wife came down with Covid and
I followed her two days later. I'm still suffering with the dreaded
lurgy as I write this, but somehow, all these possible disasters,
only ever seem to give me more material to work from.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally, here's a
little something to conclude this years challenge and to set myself
up for what lies ahead.
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">STORMS</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Streams of
consciousness</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Violent storms and
sunny days</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bursting off the page</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">01052023
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for reading
this, and congratulations again for taking the challenge this year.</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-35020178578650394402023-04-30T03:55:00.005+01:002023-04-30T04:02:00.615+01:0015/30<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 30 The last day.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">THE LOVING KIND</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The way that I feel
about you</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">is still the same as
yesterday true</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stay hands up down town</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm
coming up I'm coming up</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm
coming up down town</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I want you to stay
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">with your hands in the
air</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and your mind on mine</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">cause you're the loving
kind</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">There ain't no
confusion</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">or two bit illusion </span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the way that I feel
about you</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">is still the same as
yesterday true</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stay hands up down town</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm
coming up I'm coming up</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm
coming up down town</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">There ain't no
confusion</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">or
two bit illusion</span></p>
<p class="western" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">30042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-43477585162667229472023-04-29T16:08:00.001+01:002023-04-29T16:27:44.084+01:0015/29<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 29</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">THE LONGEST NIGHT</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They said that it must
have been the morphine talking
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">when I told different
people what had happened that night
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in the hospital after
my operation
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but you couldn't make
these things up I know what I saw
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and I'm sticking to it
that seems like a long time ago now
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but I remember it as
being a very long night
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">forcing myself to keep
awake convinced that they would kill me next
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">if I even fell asleep
for a few minutes
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the distance I could
hear a woman screaming in the corridor
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and what sounded like
steel trays being bashed about her bonce
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">it was impossible for
me to move I had to lie flat on my back
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">with a drip in my arm
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I also had two young
nurses sitting at my bedside
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">studying a computer
screen</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that may or may not
have been monitoring my brain
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course the problem
didn't start until the young nurses
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">were asked if they
wanted to stay to watch the filming
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">or if they would like
to take a break they chose to take a break
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and I never saw them
again the filming was absolutely mad
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the rest of the staff
on the ward having dressed up in outrageous costumes</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in various states of
dress or undress were now filming each other doing mad things
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm sure they were
taking credit card customers requests over the internet
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyway that night was
nothing compared to last night
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">which truly was the
longest night I can remember
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had come down with
the dreaded lurgy a few days previously
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and had been shivering
and coughing and overheating then shivering again
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but last night I came
down with the whole thing and I was delirious
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and sweating like a pig
I started to imagine that I was going completely mad
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I kept on seeing a
video of a disaster playing in my head
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And try as I might I
couldn't let it go I woke up sweating
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">went back to sleep
wringing wet woke up again
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and couldn't get the
disaster movie out of my head
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was absolutely
totally confused about my situation
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I felt like I should
call a doctor for help but that's impossible
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">these days as the phone
rings out three or four times and then rings off
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">anyway I had the
advantage of knowing that I had the virus
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And that despite me
being completely flummoxed by it
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">there would actually
have been nothing much that a doctor could have done
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">so I had gone to bed at
nine pm which is really really early for me
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">as I often don't retire
until way past midnight
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of course after I went
to bed the bad dreams turned into chaotic nightmares
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and I began sweating
and shivering and tossing and turning
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">until I became a
gibbering wreck I can't say too much more about this experience
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">apart from the fact
that it was the longest night of my life</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">29042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-69387564954119232532023-04-28T12:03:00.003+01:002023-04-28T12:03:17.056+01:0015/28<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 28</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">THE DREADED VIRUS</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Had the lurgy last year
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but nothing as bad as
this</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">sweating like a
troglodytes uncle
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">overheating then
shivering like a bin dog
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">lots of fluids no
alcoholic drinks
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">until further notice
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">sneezing like an alley
cat
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">nose blocked up to
buglery</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">eyes watering
continually
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">throat like a bag of
nails</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">coughing up united all
over the shop
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">feeling rotten</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'd forgotten what it
was like
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but this time it's much
much worse
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the dreaded virus
chapter and verse</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">28042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-72736654219070443302023-04-27T13:53:00.002+01:002023-04-27T13:53:21.096+01:0015/27<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 27</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can't get it twice
can you I asked my specialist desperately</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can only get it
twice if you've already had it previously</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Came the swift reply
from one of Britain's finest virologists
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My online guru said
lightening never strikes in the same place twice</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shivering and flu like
symptoms don't mean you've got the virus</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So the sore throat
lurgy that you dread might only be in your head
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What do they know about
my feelings and the two and eight of things</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Avian flu is doing the
rounds and free range eggs are laid in barns</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And there's no such
thing as a free lunch the horror scope bunch tell me</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We all try to beat the
system or eggs sometimes for omelettes if we can</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Like the Joker with an
Ace up his sleeve or on his face book status</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He'll love you until
his house falls down flat like a stack of cards</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If I know my audience
you know you know that I'm talking to you
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If the world is a stage
like Shakespeare said then some are spectators too</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fanatics sometimes I
don't know how you feel but we are all players</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">27042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-36574600453000681602023-04-26T02:55:00.011+01:002023-04-26T04:21:19.421+01:0015/26<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 26</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">LOVE BIKES</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love
bicycles but I don't ride them much these days</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have a
shed full of the two wheeled machines</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">eighteen or
more in different states of disrepair</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and a room
full of tools and bits and bobs out there</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love like
lovers comes and goes</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">you won't
need a guru or a demi god to tell you that</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">And I've got
an Indonesian rickshaw that I really like</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">which I was
going to turn into a cargo trike</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't you
just love bikes I know that I do
</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but only pre
nineteen eighties or there a bouts
</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the ones
that have cotter pins to attach the pedal shanks
</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really
dislike those new fangled cranks</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course I
wouldn't say no to an electric assist</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">especially
when I live on the edge of Dartmoor now</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had the
privilege of testing one once at Coalville</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they must've
thought I was Action Man at Bardon Hill</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">26042023</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p><br /><p></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-45170896784013183602023-04-25T11:21:00.004+01:002023-04-25T11:21:46.083+01:0015/25<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 25</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">INTERNETINTENTIONALLY</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tables are like people
sometimes</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">wooden or perhaps more
like horses
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">sometimes pigs if they
don't have wheels</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've not seen many
three legged pigs</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who are you talking to
I asked her</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not talking she
replied I'm listening</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who are you listening
to I asked</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Myself she answered
staring into her phone</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">If anybody needs a
selfie stick that girl does
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">digital creator
influencer call her what you will
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">she'll love you if you
like her and follow her</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">not literally of course
but internetintentionally</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">25042023
</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-83860858264227304512023-04-24T16:50:00.000+01:002023-04-24T16:50:00.059+01:0015/24<p> <span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 24</span></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">THE SANDS
OF TIME</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Snookered
but not necessarily on green baize</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">can't see
wood for trees springs to mind</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">not unlike
crocodiles and piranha fish</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but don't
bite my hand off for telling you</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">II</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
secrets of the inner mind unwrapped</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they say
nobody knows how these things work</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">lost
beneath the sands of time somewhere</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">no escape
from the fictional brain</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">III</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">You
wouldn't want to complain about things</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">all's fair
in love and cricket said the silly mid on</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">as the
bowler chucked a maiden over</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">before the
wicket keeper caught the last man out
</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">24042023</p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-83820687424195929192023-04-23T18:00:00.002+01:002023-04-24T20:44:41.245+01:0015/23<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 23</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">SANDS OF TIME AND TIMBUKTU</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another few dollars for
another days work</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">when she wakes up it's
all said and done</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sleeping for England in
a four poster bed
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">she thinks about the
weather</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">imagines that it's
raining</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">turns over and goes
back to sleep</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like false teeth
chattering on a marble slab</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the aeroplane hits the
tarmac hard then</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">relief as it
straightens up and comes to a halt</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the chattering turns to
clapping and cheers</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Holidays and holiday
makers
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">making for the sands of
time and Timbuktu
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">business trips planned
and unplanned</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">happy as Lazarus up
from the grave</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">When she wakes up it's
all said and done</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">another few dollars for
another days work</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">23042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-75757930412603549912023-04-22T01:56:00.002+01:002023-04-26T14:20:10.875+01:0015/22<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 22</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">THEIR TABLETS OF STONE</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">They think that hosing
it down
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">won't make it wet but
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they've been wet behind
the ears
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">for a long time now
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">They're more naïve
than an optimist
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">facing a firing squad
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">it's a dead certainty
that something
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">is going to go terribly
wrong</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">They take the subway
train because
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they think it's safer
than walking</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they hate buses don't
like overcrowding</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">shopping in Oxford
Street isn't their thing</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">They say the
electricity won't go down</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">like it did in nineteen
seventy four but it will
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">then all their
computers and mobile things
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and even their tablets
of stone will be silent</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">22042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-31301256135996412452023-04-21T01:45:00.003+01:002023-04-24T16:58:58.738+01:0015/21<p> </p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: xx-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/d</span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: xx-large;">ay 21</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">BREAKIN</span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">G NEWS</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Right in the midst of
the thick of things</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">stuck in a bubble
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">trouble like you
wouldn't believe
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">she shouts at the other
characters on the page
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they too can only
communicate
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">through speech bubbles
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and she calls out to
anyone
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">who will listen to her</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Callouts shouts think
bubbles
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">thought bubbles
sometimes too</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">you'd have to be mad
clever
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">to imagine them as
being normal
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ordinary they are not
and the faint hearted
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">fall by the wayside
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the comic strip takes a
particular skill set
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the comic book another
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Any publication is a
compilation of minds
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and mindsets can differ
from day to day
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">from place to place
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and from one funny to
another
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">never mind the editor
the owner the workers
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and the sleeping
partner</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can paint the page
in pastel shades
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but if the content
doesn't stack up
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the dollars will turn
to cents and roll away
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">like money down the
drain</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Superman and Batman and
Robin
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">icons of the front
cover are back in the news
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spiderman too but
Catwoman The Joker
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and other also rans
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">are relegated to the
inside back page</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like the day job it's
here today and gone tomorrow
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">zero hours contract
minimum wage</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and no amount of
rhetoric will change that</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">you like me are in the
pocket
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">of the powers that be</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">breaking news smashing</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">21042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-16320283494797677802023-04-20T01:30:00.004+01:002023-04-26T14:27:02.802+01:0015/20<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 20</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">THE DECORATION WAS
DIFFERENT</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nothing much has
changed but why would it
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">why indeed should it
have
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">different people come
and go
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">although if they come
here they often stay
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">until they die
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had to take him out
in a wooden overcoat
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">is the accepted
response
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">when asking about an
old friend
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The decoration was
different
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but not noticeably
apart from the fact that
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the ceiling had been
painted bright orange
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">although the manager
reliably informed me that
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">it was actually a
subtle shade of tangerine
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The bar looked much the
same as it always did</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">although I could tell
that it had been refurbished
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">recently to accommodate
several new fangled
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">beer pumps that were
now sitting in pride of place</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The decoration was different</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but not noticeably</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">apart from the gigantic TV screens</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">hanging off each and every wall showing</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">different sports all night and day</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't even know why
that united pretender
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">is even playing for
England
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">one of the screen
watchers screamed
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">although no one else
really noticed</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">He might have scored a
cracking goal
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">against that Roy of the
Rovers team
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">a couple of years ago
in the mickey mouse cup
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but he hasn't done a
lot since
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and certainly not at
this level of football
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the irate TV watcher
continued
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">looking away from the
big screen in disbelief
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">How many goals has he
gifted the opposition with
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">over the years and why
the Eccles cakes
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">does this manager stick
with him
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and pick him for the
team every time
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">moan moan moan mister moaner moaned
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The decoration was
different</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but not noticeably to
the casual observer</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the ash trays had gone
off the tables and</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">had been replaced by an
outdoor smoking hovel</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">choke yourself to death
why don't you</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I gave up seventeen
years ago</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the best move I ever
made</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">as for the beer I can
take it or leave it</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">each to his own poison
though and may</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">whatever turns you on
make you happy</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The decoration was
different
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but not noticeably </span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">until </span><span style="font-size: large;">I got talking to an
octogenarian</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">he was sipping green
tea</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and self medicating
with cannabis oil
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">good snuff I quipped
trying to make a joke</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">try some of this united
he said to me</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">it's got antioxidants
in it</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think I'll stick to
the beer I replied</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The decoration was
different</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but not noticeably
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">apart from the cocktail
bar</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and the uniformed bar
staff</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they were all dressed
in tartan waistcoats</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">white shirts and black
Dickie Bow ties</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I asked for a whisky
and they gave me a menu</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">we have one hundred and
sixty eight
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">different whiskies they
told me</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">as I perused the stock
list</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">do you not have Irish
Whiskey I asked
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh yes sir of course we
do sir three bags full sir</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">they're on a different
menu with the American
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Japanese and Canadian
Whiskeys sir</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Phew this was hard work
I only came in for
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">a quick pint of bitter
and a whisky chaser</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and here I was with my
reading binoculars on</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">trying to decipher the
small print on this daft list</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I finally chose a
single malt
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and then made the
mistake of asking for a double</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">sorry sir said the
barman we don't do doubles</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">you can have a large
one if you like</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">what's the difference I
asked tentatively
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">about seventeen and a
half pence he replied</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">what's that in old
money I enquired</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">hoping to catch the
youngster out
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">three and six sir he
retorted without hesitation</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">okay I said give me two
singles</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and quickly added in
the same glass please</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The bottom line is
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">nothing was different
apart from the decoration</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">20042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-49898275356922511682023-04-19T01:14:00.001+01:002023-04-19T01:14:00.172+01:0015/19<p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 19</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">ALL THE RAGE</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even when the early
bird wakes us up</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">we don't know what time
it is until the clock strikes
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Guilty of going
somewhere
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">without really knowing
where
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">why do people think
that mistakes
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">only happen to someone
else</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The bigger the plan</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">the further the plot
fails</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">rhythm and rhyme don't
cut it</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but if you don't know
now you never will</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">From time to time
someone will come along</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">you'll think that you
can't resist her</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">however she's just the
cash cow cutting in</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">she wants your dough
all your bread and honey</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">money isn't everything
it's less than half the truth</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">there's more to life
than buying the next best thing</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">window shopping used to
be fashionable
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">charity shops and
bargain stores are all the rage now</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">We don't know what time
it is until the clock strikes</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">even when the early
bird wakes us up</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">19042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-32921702643546305422023-04-18T01:05:00.001+01:002023-04-18T01:05:00.184+01:0015/18<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 18</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">SHADES OF BLUE</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like it's the language
of love</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">she talks about being
Italian</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">She raves about vintage
stores
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and mid century
furniture
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">paints her chipboard
kitchen floor
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">in different shades of
blue
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hangs all the utensils
up
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">so the animals can't
spoil them
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">dreads that the bread
bin has</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">ever been used for
anything else
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Much like a vampire
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">she shies away from
garlic
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but loves a Greek style
salad
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">soup is permanently off
the menu
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Loves anything Parisian
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">drives a Deux Chevaux</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">tells me she's a
Francophile</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but can't speak the
lingo
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">She talks about being
Italian
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">like it's the language
of love</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">18042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-16867881710274714702023-04-17T00:51:00.002+01:002023-04-21T18:12:54.061+01:0015/17<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 17</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">IMAGINATION</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sinking further and
further into the mire
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">deeper and deeper into
the same old swamp
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">no one really wants to
go there but a philosopher
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I met told me that not
only were we all born in sin
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and therefore fall
short of the glory of God but
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">that we have been sent
to this earth as a punishment
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">for something bad that
we did elsewhere</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">So it doesn't matter
what you think if you think you
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">are what you think then
you are what you think and</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">nothing is going to
change that in the short or long term</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but there is of course
another realm that you can access</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">when you mix thought
with imagination he told me</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Laughter happiness and
imagination are the three best</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">things in life but the
greatest of these is imagination</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">wherever your
imagination goes you can go too the
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">imagination in the mind
of man knows no bounds it frees
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">us from the limitations
that are otherwise pressing us down</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">17042023/DN</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-36169881956829631082023-04-16T00:42:00.002+01:002023-04-21T18:09:29.503+01:0015/16<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 16</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">YOU CAN'T BEAT EGGS</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Natural as a plastic
doll she paints the barn
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">slaps on the lippy and
heads for the hotel bar
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">nobody actually said
she was a basket case
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but they were certainly
thinking it all right</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">She wasn't going to set
the world alight</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but if she stands too
close to the fire in</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">that colourful
cellulose dress she might well do</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">herself a nasty injury
and shock the customers too</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the bar she orders
vegan everything and sulks</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">when she's told that
eggnog isn't even vegetarian</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought eggs were
vegan she tells the barman</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">only if they come from
corn fed chickens he replies</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's a yoke in there
somewhere but finding it</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">that's another
conundrum you can't beat eggs can you</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">as my younger brother
always used to say at Easter</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">a bit like having your
cake and eating it I suppose</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">16042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-29298534296137313672023-04-15T00:36:00.003+01:002023-04-15T00:36:22.122+01:0015/15<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 15</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">TOWERS OF ECSTASY</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Headless chickens
running around
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">chasing non existent
tails</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">but the story doesn't
end there
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">doesn't even start on
the farmyard</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">How naïve it would be
to believe</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">that chickens don't
have heads and tails</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and that perhaps ducks
don't quack</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and puppy dogs and
kittens don't count</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bin dogs and alley cats
we've spoke about</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">them before but they
keep on hitting back</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">like the mess that
graffiti makes everywhere
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and all those sewer
rats that bite down there</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Manchester is building
towers of ecstasy
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">there's more than four
quarters in gay Paris</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">and many more green
spaces in London</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">than people give that
city credit for</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">15042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-84922384915842488702023-04-14T20:43:00.004+01:002023-04-14T20:44:31.648+01:0015/14<p> </p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Napowrimo 2023/my15th
year/day 14</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">TOP DOG</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The dog that
usually comes to stay
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">belongs to the owner of
the cat
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">top that top cat, top
dog too
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">But the new dog that
came yesterday
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">looks like a Cavapoo or
a Shih Tzu</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">he's actually a King
Charles Spaniel</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kris will be the one to
look after him</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">feed and water him
pamper him
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">walk him in the forest
twice a day</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chodź tu mała, Kris
beckons to the dog</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">WoW! Does he understand
Polish? I ask</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes replies Kris and
Latvian too</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">14042023</span></p>Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.com0