Empty Monkey (Dot Com) - The real-time story of how the book is written

Hey-diddle diddle
That jolly old fiddle
The property market is mad
But I am all right
Because I saw the light
There is no need for me to feel sad.

The rest home is sunny
Gran’s nose is not runny
Scrabble and bingo they play
Gran papa cannot bite
He’s no teeth, it’s all right
All their worries have now gone away. Read the rest of this entry »

You take your pleasures where you can
And think not of the morrow
Your charms disarm each luckless man
And leave him to his sorrow.

For now I realise what you mean
Your life lived by the minute
Your conscience then each day is clean
My heart has made it’s exit.

It’s your birthday
you know what I fancy
Get-off stupid
you’re out of luck. (don’t try your luck –
My don’t you moan)
This feels like a bit of string
Nancy
‘Come on’ man –
The Mouse is Back. (Home)

If you need someone
Let them go
If you find
That after time
Their presence stays.
They are part of you.
If not.
They never were.

“Bishop blesses battleship”
Where did I see that
Was it in a novel
Or was it just a quip.

Lessons learnt from history
Are not, and that’s a mystery.

The fight is right so we are told
Our God is on our side
We have to make the sacrifice
Our faith will make us bold. Read the rest of this entry »

Crowded clouds with murky threats
Blanketing my optimism
Concentrated air slays thoughts
That formerly had simply risen

Aeons ago, it seems last week
A glance, a flower, a purring cat
Would, unbidden have made me speak
In voice so quiet that Read the rest of this entry »

If you need someone
Let them go
If you find
That after time
Their presence stays.
They are part of you.
If not.
They never were.