Indulge Me

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Cost of Spent Life

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans John Lennon

What a Guy

“A penny for the guy!”A phrase said on Guy Fawkes Day, by children collecting money for fireworks. Curious minds want to knowIs it as a reminder or mockeryTo set off fireworksCommemorating a failed firework show Time we Fawkes Shit Up Why are you stopping meI'm doing you a favourA day will comeWhen all will agreeThat …

Cro cumaisc etir casbairdni ocus lethrannaigecht: The Third Coming

Floors coated in newspaperpaint tins standing by,under the torn wallpaper,something caught my eye. Ancient text long forgotten,the message read clear.Jesus waz ere, twenty-ten,then, a sudden fear. If this tag was genuine,second coming gone,there must be a redesign,a third coming on. Now, how can I benefitYes, I think I know,The answer is evident:make a Netflix show …

Ae freislighe: The Starch Saviour

People in the afterglowmarch yourselves to the steeplePraise be to the potato starch saviour of the people Quatrain stanzas (4-line stanzas)7 syllables per lineLines 1 and 3 rhyme together, but they rhyme as three syllables (xxa)Lines 2 and 4 rhyme together as two syllables (xb)The final syllable, word, or line of the entire poem should be …