Heatwave

Heatwave.

the stifling urban heat...

so the city is soaking up the sun

the roads are melting

tracks are buckling 

pollution increases

health is affected 

people are fainting

A+E's overflow

no relief can be found...

so we turn up the fans

cool water in fridges

make more ice 

eat icecream

crank up the air-con

open the fridge door

drive to the coast...

so we use more resources 

burn fossil fuels

drain finite resources 

feed global warming 

unstabilising the weather

making it still hotter

and hotter

and hotter

and hotter...

so we go round and round 

and get hotter and hotter

hotter more often

get another heatwave 

heatwaves more often

another heatwave 

another

another

another 

another!

More

and more

and more 

and more!

Stop!

Dementia

What has happened to me?

Where am I?

Where is this thing taking me?

How can I have been taken away from myself

I still look like me on the outside

only on the inside have I changed.

I seem to have left this body that was once mine and now I inhabit somewhere in between

in between here and...

well I just don't know.

I had a life

I did many things

I could do many things...

but not now

They have taken things from me because of it.

my job and my car.

I can't remember how to drive!

I seem to be entering a long dark tunnel

but what is at the end of it...

I'm not really sure!

Will this darkness engulf me?

Is this fear on my face or just confusion?

How can I be surrounded by a past I can recal

but in a 'now' that isn't mine?

Forgive me if I seem rude when you speak

If I don't quite remember who you are

or don't quite follow your thread of conversation

That isn't the me I really am

I once was...

for if you knew the me I once was

you will know I'm not like that

But can you tell me where I am heading?

Where am I now?

Where is the me I used to be?

Strange Isn't It

I take small round pieces of metal

and thin sheets of printed plastic in an exchange for items.

I also take promises of reimbursement 

which are transactions confirmed by a computer

which talks to another computer down the wires

to check

just to make sure 

this reimbursement has occurred 

in exchange for a number of items.

 

This reimbursement and exchange is mainly for the promise 

and reassurance of the delivery of a certain type of special liquid with magical powers!

This special liquid

which after being discovered underground 

is pumped up

then fiddled about with

pushed and pulled

sent through a pipe

stuffed into a tanker

dropped into a small tank

precisely measured

into another smaller tank

inside your mainly metal device with comfortable seats 

the one you use for moving around and travelling long distances in

where, it's then able to help your device go long distances

with you on the comfortable seats

These devices love to eat this special liquid!

sometimes the round pieces of metal

and thin sheets of printed plastic and so on

are exchanged for portions of a hot brown liquid in a waterproof paper container with a plastic lid

or brown slabs of fat, sugar and other stuff combined 

which is also then wrapped plastic 

or thinly sliced, fried and flavoured pieces of potato which come in a plastic bag.

Certain people

people who are a special age and who come at a special time

can exchange these round pieces of metal and thin sheets of printed plastic and so on

for other magical liquids!

If you pour too much of this particular magical liquid down your throat

then first you might fall over

then you might get thrown out of somewhere

but always you will wake up with a thumping feeling coming from within your head

The people who come and exchange these round pieces of metal and thin sheets of printed plastic and so on

generally seem happy to perform the transaction 

only sometimes are they unhappy about it

complaining about the amount of round pieces of metal and thin sheets of printed plastic and so on they had to forfeit in the exchange.

Strange isn't it!?

Sunday

The sporty types - all lycra clad.

The early morning joggers

the marathon runners

the exercisers

the cyclists

the fishermen

the 'banger racers'

the 'surfer dudes'

and the 'horsey folk' in their big wagons - off to gymkhanas.

The self employed caterers off to a 'gig'.

The smokers missing tobacco

Those missing milk

The 'have you got any bread?'

The late risers

and the obviously 'hung over'.

Those just off to bed

and those looking,

for all the world,

like they've just got out of bed!

The vintage car drivers - out for 'a spin'

The paper readers.

The day trippers

sun worshipers

walkers

family beach goers.

The holiday makers returning home.

 

The forward planners - getting ready for the week.

The reluctant workers

The doers

The 'getting things done' people

The mowers of lawns

and the parental taxi drivers off with the kids,

to something or other!

The weekend water-sport lovers

the scuba-divers

the swimmers

the sailors

kayakers

canoers 

jetskiers

and the boat owners - with the speedboat in tow!

The black

The white

the green

and blue.

it's Sunday - so which one is you?

Balance (Best Stay On Ya Feet)

Balance; is the road we tread

balance; a state within our head

balance; an opposing point of view

balance; the cash that I'm due

balance; the money I've left to spend

balance; the outcome in the end

balance; the vegans lack of meat

balanced; the diet they must eat

balance; a ball upon my head

balanced; emotions when nerves are shred

balanced

stable

poised and steady

equilibrium complete.

the opposite is falling down

it's painful - best stay on ya feet!

Boxes

We all live in boxes

spilt up into smaller boxes

some of these boxes are arranged in rows

others sit on their own

many sit huddled in large groups

others sit 

one on top of the another

some have boxes people are supposed to put their cars into

cars are another type of box

only with wheels

some of these boxes are large

some are quite tiny

but when all said and done

they're all just boxes in the end!