Deflective Really, it’s nothing This old thing. Well, no, from the supermarket and in the sale It’s not me, it’s a team effort Just a fluke Beginner’s luck It hardly took me any time at all I wasn’t doing anything important There are much better ones He taught me everything I know I can’t take […]
Action man – 100 words
Action man Adverts, before the main feature eagle eyed: on the lookout for action with posable physique and fists ready for a gun and the controls of his helicopter or tank an impressive display of military muscle with uniforms to match – and that was when it happened: ‘made in China’ on the spine and […]
A worm’s turns – 100 words
A worm’s turns When I read a book I am free from the need to break in my boots before setting off on the trail, from finding a babysitter so I can set sail for intriguing destinations, from the mortification of my own naked form under a lover’s red-hot gaze, from my ignorance’s certain discovery […]
Petrichor – 100 words
Petrichor Not again, they groan as fat splashes polka dot dry soil quenching the plants drenching the benches and sending the fair-weather idlers back home so the landscape is mine now and I can prance through the mud in my new waterproofs and my old wellington boots to admire the world as it puts on […]
Credo – 100 words
How are you? – 100 words
How are you? tired and caffeinated to the point of discomfort slightly concerned by the cost-of living-crisis, but able to compartmentalise, and realise my relative good fortune simultaneously envious of people with happy relationships, and relieved to be rid of matrimonial balance sheets excited by my plans for doing something different and hoping I can […]
Going forward – 100 words
Going forward I had a meeting today It was a heads-up, a brainstorm, about collaboration – someone invited a strawman we had to take its temperature and suck it to see if we could get stakeholder buy-in, holding stakes turned out to be a white-knuckle ride, (virtually, not IRL, LOL) as the horizon scanning spotted […]
Guidance notes – 100 words
Guidance notes Too noisy: shut up Too greedy: stop asking Too rude: clean your plate Too lazy: work harder Too quick: take more care Too much into him: hold back Too impatient: wait Too emotional: suck it up Too quiet: speak out Too serious: lighten up Too stupid: give up Too fat: stop eating Too […]