The fly

Sometimes we stumble on compassion ~ Alan The fly This fly Dive bombs me in the kitchen. Raising the Times to swat it, ‘Die, fly! Die!, I cried. But hard as I tried, I never got it. I saw it again the other day, Crawling across the floor, Buzzing its short life...

Control

What would we do without our T.V.? ~ Alan Control Depressed by Corona?Weary of violence?Sickened by child,Or domestic abuse?Troubled by every damn thing you seeWhen you watch your T.V.?   Long to end the misery?The boredom and the pain?Wish you were never...

True Love

Who’s in love with their mobile phone? ~ Alan True Love We met in a Carphone Wharehouse. I went there to update my phone, When I saw standing there in a corner, Standing completely alone, This ravishing, radiant beauty, The most beautiful I ever have known....

The Hunter

I loathe the whole concept of hunting animals as a “sport” – whether it be foxes, or partridges, or lions or bears, or rhinos or elephants etc etc. ~ Alan The Hunter I shot a hunter in the fall, And gave his neck a trim. His head looks better on the...

Inhuman

I believe many will agree with me that animals are our equal – sometimes our superior. ~ Alan Inhuman You call cruel acts “inhuman”. But it’s humans who commit them. So why don’t you call them “human”?   You call barbaric acts “bestial”. But animals do what...