When I consider every thing that grows
Is modified genetically today,
I wouldnst ere have giveth thee that rose
With GE strain that causeth skin decay. Continue reading
When I consider every thing that grows
Is modified genetically today,
I wouldnst ere have giveth thee that rose
With GE strain that causeth skin decay. Continue reading →
In pagan lands with purpose grand
They build a church or two
And educate the cannibals
To abandon human stew.
They show them how to join their hands
To kneel on bended knee
And explain the impropriety
Of yawns at homily.
They give the men some loincloths Continue reading →
When I was a wealthy broker I dressed dapper, mode-de-jour
Then some greedy Yankee bastbankers ended all my haute couture.
First a margin call at Barclay’s, next old Lehmann biting dust
Even blue-chips like Armani saw share values slump and bust.
From the penthouse to the poorhouse was a fall that left me bruised
My creditors fought for my Porsche Continue reading →
Year of the Selfie
makes it impossible to
photobomb yourself
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Love’s Thunderbolt
We met by serendipity
In range of Cupid’s bow
Her eyes had fire that spun me in Continue reading →
This Michael Frayn comedy of errors caught my eye on the Man Booker Prize 2012 longlist when I spotted it’s ‘humour’ tag. As man’s humour and Man Booker are strange bedfellows my cocked eyebrow signalled that I have a peek. The book is a comedic gem.
It is a fabrication about mistaken identity between a crotchety academic and an impulsive playboy set on a Greek island. There’s a girl caught in the middle Continue reading →
A Tail of Ms Kidman
On her birthday Nicole (forty-five)
Thought her ego could use a revive, Continue reading →
I pad to my phone and I Skype her,
Her pad’s within Wi-Fi from here,
My iEye sees that she’s uncovered,
Said “put rubber bumper on rear” Continue reading →
Ever since first day at school I’ve heard about the Golden Rule
It says that if you cram and learn then heaps of money you would earn.
I saw that this approach made sense and studied though my brain seemed dense
The brainy kid took all my tests – not that I threatened to molest,
I gave him what he shyly stated (let him see my girlfriend naked) Continue reading →