DIS

Discreetly disobey -
your disapproval is disrobed 
distil and disown the dishonesty 
as - your disbelief is in disarray

Dismantle your distrust in dismay
discard or displace your disposition    a disability is a discomfort 
disembark if you disagree

disarm, disable and then - disburse 
a disaster disjointed in its disuse
a disgrace is disloyal to disadvantage
you must distil, disinfect 
and dis-app-ear 

Cardiff Market

The butchers
the bakers
the pizza makers!
A "Full-Welsh" - a mug of tea 
that much searched for, lost Beetles "LP"
Kelly's for a wash, a tidy or trim
maybe a snip of that beard for him
A hair shop, for coloured party wigs
apples, pears, a basket of figs
plenty of stools to sit on and spy
on all those shoppers passing by
with pastries, fresh with a fabulous smell
street food in cardboard trays, as well - as
... jacket potatoes, burgers, hot-dogs
stuff for cold winters like kindling and logs
brollies to match a hat and a scarf
a place to catch-up and have a laugh
a glass roof to keep us warm and dry
to hide from grey clouds scudding by.
Come and shop at Cardiff market
fill your car - there's space to park it!

Toothpaste

Toothpaste used to clean your teeth
may-be freshens your breath - but that was all.
These days it fights!
It fights bacteria 
gum disease 
and plaque!
It's a system
It's oral health
It controls
prevents
repairs
replaces.
It builds up
defends
cares for 
and whitens 
Not just for today
but for 24
48
even 72 hours!
It's 15 times more effective 
It is the weapon of choice in the war that goes on in your mouth - did you know there was a war going on in your mouth?
Your gum-line is receading and needs re-enforcing
the troops need resupplying 
more troops must be sent to the front
it's total command and control
total cavity war-fair 
total decay prevention!
Daily but gentle white-if-ication 
daily total comprehensive and focused!
With optical-sensitive max-whitening
it's caring and gum calming
it offers complete optimal gum care 
total gum personality modification
with a hyper rapid molecular gum demogrifying complex!
A total attraction to-the-oppisite sex with a built-in and an instant magnetic attraction generating formula...

I made those last bits up - if you didn't know!

For Sale:

Light-weight mobile home for sale
Excellent condition - strong and hardwaring 
Never raced
Very low mileage
Bijoux - but fully self-contained
perfect for one
fully waterproof 
surplus to requirements due to recent bereavement 
Open to offers
Contact: Mrs Snail (a relative of the deceased)


When we sleep


I prepare chicken for 
dinner as we are entertaining
this evening. As my wife 

attempts to wake the 
garden from its long winter 
slumber, a train slowly rumbles

into the station across
the end of our garden. I
raise my head briefly. The 

11:20 from London is full with 
people - people who know 
nothing of us, nothing of 

who we are, where we came 
from - our hopes and dreams
and of the places we go to...

when we sleep. 



Is Beyond Me!

With night fall and without the female 
the male of the species
leave the nest and head to the local petrol station.
They go in search of alcohol and rubbish things to eat
the kind of foods the female wouldn't touch nor feed theie off-spring.
The average male needs many cans of lager, found in packs of 4 - the cheaper the better
to wash down the trays of those meatballs - the rip off copies of those by the famous out of town Swedish furniture store.
A favourite of the male are the over-priced sandwiches 
because the male isn't able to place
a filling of their choosing
in-between two slices of Co-ops finest sliced white themselves.
They are then found with handfuls of bags of sweets
and as many packets of crisps as they can carry - of course they didn't bring a bag
so drop some.
Notice how they've gone dressed in the shirts of their favourite football teams 
some nights they go in preparation for an event called the "Big Match"
an event where United get stuffed by City - as usual 
The cans of lager help the male see the best of their team where perhaps there isn't any
especially as United are 15th in the league and falling like a rock!
Fully stocked
and quite unexpectedly 
the males don't return straight to their nests
but stop off at a place known as "the pub" where they are known
to buy hooky gear from a guy called "straight Tony"
as well as having a pint or six
despite their recent purchases from the petrol station.
On finallyreturning to the nest in the wee small hours
we see the female waiting on the door step.
The female will greet the male with
a piercing scream shouting
"If you've spend the bloody rent money again and pissed it up against a wall - I'll bloody well kill you!"
Slaming the door in the the males face
the female returns to the off-spring in the nest
the male
once more
faces another cold night sleeping in his van.
Quite how these two ever made a nest together
and managed to have four children - is beyond me!