Being a matriarch was propounded as her Greatest-ever-role in their first draft of an online obituary .../
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Erasers
We were not taught how to erase - how best to rub out - how to remove errors - instead - we were told to Put a line through it .../
Emetics
Those mob-mindful leaders - your haters - your righteous orators have raised their volume to that once of The Left .../
Switch
I contemplate setting it all to Off (even my rum scuttle of thoughts from toils) .../
Posted
We want to be heard - us mutterers - we discontents who can mussitate... /
Labouring Under
There are no greater spurs to human indecency than cheap shortcuts to wealth be they lotteries or lies - they are muted calls to hard work - to tilth .../
The Scent of People
Larner feared removal of the scent of people in crowded wiki articles Dumb grazing animals hardly move from hoof to hoof with their heads down At this bar three men sit before chemical beer misdirected and under-lit Tommy Robinson spits as poor aims are raised by squaddies at politicians and three men take turns to … Continue reading The Scent of People
The Reading Room
We are looking about at a screen-stuck-to silvered generation of eye-glued viewers in trawl-warmed hands Those old phone huggers sit logged in to online's click-bait refuge of tittle-tattle and gossip and foreign muckiness under scrolled fingering for rolled eyes of delight and instant connectedness to others' risen anger Those mobile surfers ride on a curl … Continue reading The Reading Room
Thursday – Overground to Euston
We travel sober through London Bridge - below brick arches - on roads cowered by glassy heights - Our cabbie blasts bent-to-smartphone bodies back from near-hits on red-man crossings - it seems that Londoners have now forgotten how to see the threats beyond their implements - We now live hand-to-eye - no longer hand-to-mouth - … Continue reading Thursday – Overground to Euston
Being Eighteen
Being eighteen in 1982 was easier than in 2018 - we had less stuff to plug in .../