In The Home Of The Brave,

the land of the free,
the most courageous
must surely be the 80,000 souls
in solitary confinement, in prison.
Isolated for 23 hours a day,
watched and not knowing
who is watching them.

On Owning Less (And Knowing It)

Better to be the servant of what I see
and serve with honesty and humour,
than pretend to be The Lord of all I survey
when I know I will never really own it.

Who in this life really owns
more, or less, than themselves?

Slurping On Freud

"All of my life I have been terrible
at remembering people's names.
Once I introduced a friend of mine
as 'Martini', her name was actually 'Olive'"
-Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) Hollywood actress

Unromantically Yours

When I was young I grew up so alone
I thought I would never grow older with anyone.
I wanted most to see my growing done.
So that whoever I was with I might live
in sharing calm, unjealous tense free present.

Live In Colour

As the stripper of eternity eases off codpiece of time,
and history, like fraternity, seems to be completely done
the kind of Christianity I like is still possible.
The kind where there is valour,
and  forgiveness is the check against error,
rules are kept simple, logical, and in black and white,
and life is there for all and in vibrant and living colour.

Pigs Will Fly

like the gadarene swine
when the young protest
with sufficient vim
to change the latest
mutation of capitalism,
and it's life support
-the banking system,
to make it work better
for the poorest in the world.

until then everything is just symbols.

Wish You Were Here

'Some time ago Panchita was caught up in a net, 

which left deep cuts all over her body. 

She managed to make it to this hotel 
 where animal advocates nursed her back to health 

over 3 months. Every day she returns to rest 

after being out to sea. She is now pregnant 

and expecting within a month.'. 
With thanks to here. MTV star Eric Nies looks fine too.