Detachment

is quiet and very very catching,
sufficiently so that when it does catch us
we are often unaware of how it has caught us... ....unawares.

Mother Never Said

to, or of, the young Malcolm
'He can't even change a light bulb
without me having to do it for him,
never mind his hopes as a child
that how we live when he is older
will be better than it is now'.

Though she knew that children
the world over expect optimism
to be the hallmark of their futures.

She never needed to speak
-her actions spoke for her.
What came across loud and clear
was her need to never be questioned.

I can't mind. I have survived being her property.
But may I dedicate this blog entry to her?

She will assume she wrote in the first place....

False Self Esteem

I know what smart people look like,
and how expensively they dress.
The more I know about them
the less I am one of them.

Beautiful Symmetry

The Peacock Room Castello di Sammezzano

 in Reggello, Tuscany, Italy.

Cencorship is When....

not knowing before means never finding out after....

Lost For Words

For many gay men, and many heterosexuals too,
sex is 'their deepest means' of communication, in lieu,
of course, of something better settled, that is lighter,
meets need more than want, and is better spoken.

'Just Like That.... '

Every day the british media brings fresh rumours
of what 'Brexit' might or might not mean.
Not knowing is the nearest we have to certainty. 
As the British have this national conversation,
well shouting match, via their media, 
I am driven to thinking that the whole thing 
is like a trick by the late comedian Tommy Cooper.

His tricks always failed, and the humour
was in how he apologised for the failings.
and 'Just like that' he died, live on television.

Is this to be our future?