Thoughts upon the London Poor

The Blue Lobster

My informant at the curiously named The Blue Lobster told me that when the Irish street-sellers quarrel “they’ll kick like devils, and scratch, and bite, like women or cats, instead of using their fists”. He wished “all the drunkards were teetotallers, if it were only to be rid of them.”

How long do I have to go?

A Postcrossing story for Helvi in Finland

It had been one hell of a day what with kids throwing up, parents getting all weepy and the first day prep talk from the Principal. Mary cracked open a bottle, thinking tomorrow will be worse.

Losing it, she screamed, “Mummy, I’ve done school, its boring, lets do something else

A Last Dance

I’m so

He came not wearing black but
dressed as lover’s
would; finery to pleasure.

My drought watered as on
a first lover’s glance
and kiss. Now my last.

He holds my hand while nurse
shakes me out of my
long sleep in the white night.

I’m so ready for our dance.

Secrets

Birthday Cake

She didn’t want to miss the shops. Her urgency wasn’t a Birthday party with cake but posting a card to Sunday Secrets. Her love was in the words...

I should be saying “Happy Birthday Elliott” for the 9th time…but I never got to say it at all. Love Mummy x

The Devil or the Deep Blue Sea

Arctic

So it’s down to Babs or Lorraine.

Oh, God what a choice, Lorraine makes a drama out of opening a tea bag. When she isn’t crying enough to bury an abandonment of orphans, she up for the most irritating-and-inappropriate-loud-laugh Oscar.

Well, at least she is fun, Babs is…is just Arctic.

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Which Engagement?

I want Elephants and roses
at my engagement.
Your first maybe, your fifth no.

A Modern Girl

A Postcrossing
-->story for Vesna in Croatia
Marie's pitch was opera perfect. Her high C cracked Champagne flutes.
One lover begged her to star in Madam Butterfly at La Scala whist another wanted her covered only with red roses to sing in his bed
Marie being a modern sort of girl, took up rock and roll instead