Little Book of Tricks Jan20

Little Book of Trick...

There’s a wolf in the wardrobe, he’s got his eye on you, Don’t move too quick or he’ll snatch you from the queue, There’s a wolf in the wardrobe, waiting for a slip, Forget what you’ve written in your little book of tricks, There’s a rat in the recess, waiting for the scraps, Go...

Steel Strung Soldier Dec20

Steel Strung Soldier

A concrete pad and a wrought iron roof, The quivering balustrade, an amp as a hoof, A balmy night, a thumping heart, The twanging strings, a receding dart, A tapping foot to the pattering rain, The steel strings shooting up my veins, Make love to the grind, the clang of a pan, The thunder a...

The Path Dec20

The Path

You read the book but you lost the name, You caught the crook but you blew the game, You move so fast but what you don’t understand, The path’s a secret, it can’t be planned, Take the time to run and you’ll trick the man, Know you’re done and you’ll make a stand, Because when you...

The Bottle Dec20

The Bottle

Come on the ship’s about to set sail, Purple fists gripping the rail, Grabs a bottle and rips off the neck, Two feet like ice on the deck, Weave me another he’ll throw up and cuss, The crowd spills away from the fuss, To him the sandbags are cast, As the wind tightly grips the...

Magazine Girl Dec20

Magazine Girl

Magazine girl, I want to meet you, Paper girl you’ve got my head screwed, Magazine girl, who are you? Two-page spread for your debut, Took it all for granted, now they all demand it, Risking that sweetest-smile, tell me it’s all worthwhile? Protect who you are, those flashes go too...

And So This Is Christmas Nov29

And So This Is Chris...

And so this is Christmas, They’d seen his face before, No one was really sure if he was from the house of god, Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream, Oh, what joy for every girl and boy, knowing their happy and they’re safe, The sun is up the sky is blue, All the children...