Rolypolyglot

All the world’s a stage, so You ad lib, ad infinitum You never show remorse – you say: Why bother be nice to them?  People fade and dissolve Faster than the tab under your tongue Well I’m over trying to show care, All that jazz like love, Now I do me and you can stay sprung   I don’t know you and you Won’t ever get to know me My mistake was in trying to build you, déjà vu Now you can stay in your…

Morning Morning blood Boiling through tired veins No sleep for the wicked Because they’re the ones being betrayed Sleep Sleep evades As the sun forces through into dark stretches of night The overwrought body burns into day time without a wink of rest Fail Fail to keep The promises of others honoured to you When you stay true, but not others What really can you do?

Where has my Johnny gone? He’s gone on a crusade And when will he return? Hopefully not too late He left with a bloody heart in his left pocket And a hanky in the other ’to wrap the heart in before it’s buried’ It will be proof for his mother. His sword is heavy on his hip It makes him limp and drag his feet But for his soul, he’ll make this trip And with reality will he meet. She’ll cheer and…

Mac ‘n’ Cheese

After binge-watching a bunch of Jamie Oliver’s Comfort Food episodes, I got totally stuck into one of his dishes: Lobster mac ‘n’ cheese. I ended up making Mac n Cheese without the lobster on two occasions – once with a well-planned shopping list (Let’s call this Mac 1), and the other on a complete whim (which means I used whatever I could find in the fridge – Mac 1a-be). On a scale of 1 – 10 (1…

I saw that tuft of dark brown hair Out the back of an old oak tree. Baritone laughter wafted in the air Along with the smoke rings that rose free. Your hand emerges, beset with light freckles And flicks deftly to the ground some cigarette ashes The crunch of a twig underneath your heavy shoe I heard, before I saw who Was standing there, next to you. She too, was freckled and slim And golden from…