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WAKE UP SUSIE .. .

wake up Susie .. . The world was simpler thenwhen Phil and Don strummed guitarsand Mahalia Jackson sang of love and mercywe thought we saw Gagarin’s shadow on the moonbut it was really blue cheese spread on pizza breadwith anchovies, … Continue reading

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mishmash exceptions

mishmash exceptions : .. I tumbled out of the controversy    and out of sleep where I had raised a perspiration   not brought about by heat but nagging concerns   I wrestle with each day McManus and Jackie Pallo … Continue reading

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TESCO OFFERS .. .

tesco offers .. .. i Step down walkways   imaginations memoirs   clinging; still hung over   in your full bloodied mind   concerning latest cortex             of worries   dreams ill-defined I join this … Continue reading

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TURNER PRIZE .. .

Turner Prize .. . by your leave I am not sullied by semantics my projects laid out like morning clothes Charles Wesley spoke with the chamber maid lay down your guns in charcoal the chamber maid spoke with the cook … Continue reading

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WHAT’S THAT PAINTING ON THE WALL .. .

What’s that painting on the wall? … .. in the half light it seemed the best place to start to try to explain there is a painting on the wall we were in a cafe before we all stopped smoking … Continue reading

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FORSOOTH .. .

. forsooth .. . … . Branded by categories paranoia on a train heading east where sandals divide toes and sardines lie in tins I memorise lines of Chaucer not enough time to digest all she wrote me or candles … Continue reading

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THINGS THAT ARE YEARNED FOR .. .

things that are yearned for .. . . . There comes in time; the moment   when you lose ability to be artful you settle for the easy life   lose agility to duck and dive lose the jump and … Continue reading

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A TALE OF SAUCHIEHALL STREET, WEE WULLIE HENDERSON, A VISIT TO IBROX PARK AND OTHER RELATED STORIES …

A TALE OF SAUCHIEHALL STREET, WEE WULLIE HENDERSON, A VISIT TO IBROX PARK AND OTHER RELATED STORIES An essay ~ written 26th March, 2012 … Both a chronicle and a journal … including a personal tribute to JACK KEROUAC … … Continue reading

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OUT OF ZONE COMFORT

Out of Zone Comfort .. Originality can catch the reluctant eye A glint of sunlight on a sniper’s gun barrelA photo journalist operational and far from homeSuddenly alerted by virtue of a surprise attack It had seemed to me deftly … Continue reading

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UNDER COVER AGENT .. .

UNDER COVER AGENT .. . .. facing up to the way things are i am afraid it is better to be alone with a bottle and a book and a pen and some notepaper as an under cover agent you … Continue reading

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