Cups Of Tea And Books To Read

Cups of tea and books to read

wrapped in blankets - warm

snuggle to the tick-tock of time

Sunday time

time - no time

endless time - who cares!

Curtains closed to hide the rain

fire roaring 

logs crackling

two hearts sharing

no words required

an unspoken bond

just us

who cares!

as the rain pours down 

hands wrapped round cups

warm cups

cups of tea and books to read

Haven't They?

Busy watching people work

I'm lacking ambition 

this place is getting to me

like the passion that died in this place

an assignation

come tell me what you think

confide in me

I've booked a room for two

come knock on the door

ignore the arguing inside

then later put a record on 

turn cartwheels across the floor

somebody must have the key

haven't they?

So Much Has Been Said

So much has been said that isn't quite right

like the sun can be seen in the middle of the night!

In summer, the Eiffel tower grows taller

and in the winter it becomes a little smaller!

Australia is wider than the moon

and much warmer on a sunny afternoon

take the humble crustacean - it is said

the heart of a shrimp can be found in its head

there are 100 pleats in a single chef's hat

quite why you would need any more than that!

the Guinea Pig in Switzerland mustn't live on its own

the sensitive little things don't like being alone

look up at night through the heavenly skies

Venus, the only planet to spin clockwise

an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain

thus the "head in the sand" thing is easy to explain!

pigs can't look up into the sky

perhaps that's why they cannot fly!

Walt Disney's frozen body, waiting lays

for science to defrost and then apraise

d'you know you can't hum if you hold your nose

but then who would want to I suppose!

a shark must keep swimming 'else it sinks

no time to stop, keep going me thinks

everyone's tongue print is different it's said

didn't know I had a tongue print in my head!

according to the internet one of these isn't true

which one - who knows?

that's up to you!

(Perhaps you need to read this again

or drop me a message and I'll explain)

No - At The Marina

No skateboarding

no rollerblading

no bikes

no pedestrians

no climbing on the walls

no enjoyment

no mourning

no fishing

no crabing

no swimming

no breathing

no unauthorized vessels

no caravans

no vehicles over 2.5 tonnes

no public right of way

No

No

No!

A Nonsense Poem Memories of You

I had a thought - I thought that I knew nothing

this thought I think was all I thought I knew

I think I had this thought but now I'm not so sure

so I sat and I sat and I sort of thought it through 

I think that I have nothing in my head

nothing in my head I think you'll find

there is a lot of nothing but I think that doesn't count 

as nothing can't be something bare in mind!

So I've got a lot of nothing and I've  nowhere I can take it

nowhere and I've been there twice today!

but nowhere can't be somewhere unless you use a map

and I think that might be tough I'd have to say!

Once I got to nowhere I had something on my mind

nothing and with no-one that's for sure!

no-one said I'd been there which I thought was rather odd

'cos' I knew I hadn't been there twice before!

So I thought I'd look inside my head to see what I could see

there must be something in there that I knew

then discovered there were many things at first I knew not what

so many things I didn't have a clue!

I think my head is really full of thoughts that I once had

I think it's full of 'cabbages and kings'

I think that I should poke around and see what thoughts I find

and I'm sure that I will find a lot of things

I had a thought - I thought that I knew nothing

this thought I think was all I thought I knew

but it seems that I was wrong

for it seems that all along

my head was full of memories of you!

Protest

Do I protest?

Do I jump out in front of a charging horse because I don't believe in it having to race

and kill myself

and the horse

and possibly the rider

...or do I let it race?

and compromise my beliefs?

Do I quit eating meat 

and protest outside butchers

or rampage up and down meat aisles in supermarkets shouting "meat is murder!"

or do give others space

leave the butcher to run his business 

leave shoppers to make their choices

but quietly give up eating meat anyway

and compromise my beliefs.

Or if we could find ways of looking after these beautiful creatures without... 

without racing them,

loosing our shirts on them,

monitize them all the time, 

butchering and eating them,

working them to death,

exploiting them,

making them suffer,

making them serve us

...and maybe not be cruel to them,

and maybe release them,

to let them be,

let them be the beautiful creatures they are

we can do that - can't we?