Wouldn't Hold The Door Open


sat on the bloody stairs wheezing
like an old man in a young mans clothes
a fag behind me left ear
a 'lived-in' nose
just a grumpy old man who wouldn't hold a bloody door open for a woman
and those bloody cars
splashing through puddles
creating rainbows
I wouldn't hold the door open for them neither
no pot of gold at the end of that one
but I never give up quitting!
"Don't write notes here!" the note reads
I wouldn't hold the door open for a bloody note neither
nor for the girl who lifted her head from her 'mobile
just in time to avoid walking into the bloody 'Tesla
stuck at the pumps
"Oy! You can't breakdown there mate!" 
Bloody obsessive!
I wish I'd spent more time at work!
Bloody work 
I don't think so!
Wouldn't hold the door open for work!
The NHS is very sick - wouldn't hold the door open for the NHS neither
Bloody NHS!
...just wouldn't!




Lived-In Face

The man 
with the lived in face
makes another purchase
of the items 
which made it so

The Evening News

Police beating
death.
Murder
Shooting
Sudden death
16 year old stabbing
Death
13 year old shooting
Death

...the weather

A Nice Day

Two aeroplanes in race to the sun
mark an early morning sky
clouds as huge as mountain ranges
outlined by the early morning sunlight
tower in the distance
early morning risers run engines to clear windows
mist like a a duvet - lays low across a damp field
sheep carry-on oblivious 
early morning azure blue skies
visible through a rip in the clouds
disappear as the rising sun breaks through
lifting the damp streets and colouring in all it's gloomy spaces - I think it's going to be a nice day!

Walking In His Footsteps

I have two pairs of thick woollen socks
They are from New Zealand and are made of New Zealand wool.
They belonged to my late brother
and yes they are warm
and yes they are comfortable - but that's not why I wear them.
I wear them because 
when I walk
where ever I walk
whenever I walk
with them on - I walk in his footsteps.

(Haiku)

They say two pairs of 
eyes are better than one - but
not on the same face