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I had annoying dreams I couldn’t escape from. What about? Haha. Well. I went to a gig or something with my mate. Afterwards we stayed over at his mum and dad’s and my daughter was there. I slept in his mum and dad’s bed as they were away, but the psoriasis on my body andContinue reading “LAST NIGHT“

I am wired. I am weird. I am both. Permanently. But I suppress the first one completely and play the second one down. Being me will kill me one day. I’ll implode. Something will one day attack my body. Or my brain will short circuit. Or something large will fall on me from a greatContinue reading “STOP WASTING TIME”

I’m starting to find my voice at “lass-t”It isn’t “grarse”, it’s “grass”I go for a “bath”, don’t soak in the “barth”“Bootties” are for chips, not “batties”And it’s a “baarm”, not a roll or anything elseWhere I come from I was born here, “oop” the hill in EvertonWe moved down south when I was tinyLook atContinue reading “Finding My Voice”

Used carsRescue animalsOnline datesIt’s the same processSifting through life’s unwanted ads Several previous ownersLikes beards, tattoos and banterDoes not play nicely with other animalsHigh mileage but a great little runnerAbandoned, through no fault of their own Who on earth am I kidding?The excess baggage I carryMakes me a serious flight riskAn accident waiting to happenDon’tContinue reading “Online Dating”

“Let’s see can we fix it” He saidAnd off we wentTo his shed That smellThat spaceHis face GuardsmanFiremanGentleman Handwritten labelsOn jars and billy cansRattled, full of screws and pinsThings that might come in handy This is where I learnedEverything I knowThe nuts and bolts of life Work hardLook after your motherBe good Old rags tornFromContinue reading “Grandad”

Hope What does hope look like?It looks like youThat’s whatYou’ll be sixteen one daySo embarrassed by meYou’re half that ageAnd already are sometimesBut I can’t help itYou make my heart SOARAnd yet there you areObliviousTo the truthThat simply by beingYou give me lifeEvery dayEven when you’re not thereYou’re thereLight at the endOf every tunnelHowever longContinue reading “Thank You”

The truthKeeps me awakeWhy deny it I’m a waste of spaceAching carcassBloated faceBrain drainedA disgrace No pulse can keep paceA broken heart can’t raceNot any moreHopes, dreams chasedInto darkness A familiar placeLonelinessEmotions encasedSense of self goneLost without trace Until at last a tasteA measure lacedWith but a dropNothing moreOf hope

I love it when my mindInterrupts my mouthAnd off I goIn another directionIt’s thrillingThe not knowingWhile off on several tangentsAll at once recentlyI realised somethingQuite profoundAbout my existenceTen-year-old meDied, tragicallyOver thirty years agoIn a mental health accidentThe direct cause of whichWas my father’s ownTragic death as a childHis little worldCaved right in on himAnd heContinue reading “I Love It”

I’m excitedExcited aboutTalking out loudAbout what?It. Just. Comes. Out. (They. Just. Held. It. In.)* Ivor Cutler’sWay with wordsFairies, beastiesBugs and birds Andy Kaufman’sChild-like touchMighty Mouse, ElvisTank you veddy much I love these things from *Life In A Scotch Sitting Room Vol. tbc

Cats Protection called the other day to ask how my “rescue furball” Penny is settling in. How she’s getting on. I noticed that they didn’t ask me how I was getting on. She scratched my foot until I woke up this morning. It hurt. Nobody calls Humans Protection on her, yet if I’d booted herContinue reading “Excess”