How you treat the least amongst you, is how you shall be judged

It was seeing his neighbour die needlessly
that started his plea, 'Call me crazy but
when was it right to let us suffer in the midst
of plenty?'
.....They did and beat him out of town. But
some listened, and then more, so he died
leaving others able to live.

Revenge is never cold

‘It’s a mystery…’
.....Harry let the minister’s voice
drift, as he looked round struggling the hate
out of his eyes.
.....It wern’t a mystery why she laid there.
The town had killed her with pointing fingers
and sly looks. Reaching inside his jacket, he
pulled and took everybody’s last breath.

When you can’t say no

‘Stop that. I am sorry he can be a right little

monster sometimes,’ Helen said, in an

apologetic tone. Why had she agreed to look

after him, she thought trying to grab

Tommy’s arm.

.....‘Now sit down, the nice lady is talking.’

.....‘Sorry.’ The job interview was not going well

Going beyond

The sea was his last and first memory.

.....Once the smell of a father fresh from the

boats that held and danced him into the

sea, laughing at the waves and fretting

womenfolk.

.....Now as the glass bottom light darkens,

he stops struggling as the voices of his past call.

When your love fades

The water tippled into the bath; soon the

comfort of warm water would distract her.

.....Listening, he turned the laptop on, found

tissues and started surfing for the forbidden

—steaks cooking, bacon sizzling in easy

diners. Wiping his drooling mouth, he knew

that her nut cutlets were no longer enough.

Sex in England

The bed knocking woke him up.Ted glanced at the clock. 'Bloody  Hell,' and went to bang the wall.
.                          *** 
'Ooh no, I'll not be able to show my face,' she said. 'Wrap a pillow over you.'
..........................***
'No use. They aren't stirring. You and your effing spice it up with bondage.'

On the weekend of the new football season.

'Feel my forehead and chest', Steve said

feebly.

.....You are just trying to get out of Anna's

fiftieth, Nigela said.

.....Reaching over she was shocked to feel

how hot they were.

.....'I supposed I could go with Rosemary.'

.....Steve, moving the hot-water bottle away before she saw it, nodded weakly.