(Haiku)

A bus went by and

there was one person not on

his phone! What a freak!

Loose Screw

I have a screw loose

it's somewhere on the floor

I had a disaster in the bathroom

and now I can't open the door

I have a screw loose

I think I'm a little unhinged

the door came off into the hallway

my eyebrows were terribly singed

I have a screw loose

hairdriers flying as I fell

the shock made me leap a world record

singing them badly as well

I have a screw loose!

the door nearly flattened the cat

good job he saw the thing coming

or that'd be the end of that!

I-have-a-screw-loose!!

flying cats can damage many things

imagine a flying bag of nails

claws, and all that that brings

I think I really do have a screw loose!!!

I only went in for a wee

the cat stripped of half of the wallpaper

and has set both the budgerigars free

I think I must have a lye down now!!!!

in a dark room with a strong cup of tea

I really think I have a screw loose

which I think is gonna be

the end 

of me!

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Ironing

There are many things

I still want to do in life 

but...

iron my work trousers is not one of them!

For the first time

It was many years ago

not long after we first met

one of our early dates - I think

nothing heavy

just a walk

I remember where we were

but I can't remember when it was - that's how my head works

I just remember that 

well - I remember it

it was very special 

we neither of us knew that we'd be doing this for the rest of our lives

that this was just the first time of many

...what did we do?

...I reached out my hand

and

for the first time

...I held hers

(Untitled)

we have so many to chose from - and we've got to have one

we buy little outfits for them

which say more about us 

than it does them 

we use them in so many different ways 

what I do with mine is not what you do with yours - for you will have one

we get them out at every opportunity

to pass the time

for important business

for information 

for entertainment - because they are so very useful

they do things for us 

in so many different ways - we just can't live without them

they almost run our whole lives

they are many things all wrapped up into one

and it messes up our day if we accidentally leave the house without them

I used one to publish this piece!

I can't image not having one - can you?

(Haiku)

Man verses machine:

"I can get spot on fourty 

quid!" ...damn that penny!