Poems
Year: 2013
Poems
Stories & Skits
Your Mind Will Collapse: Chapter Five
In the last chapter, Milton miniaturized and swallowed Bill’s program, hiding it inside him, whilst the Feds banged on the door… Milton stood in front of the door. If his avatar could have perspired, it […]
Stories & Skits
The Writer
The writer stared at the column of white paper. The paper remained stubbornly blank. It should have become something new, by now: a list, detailing his achievements since last year, somewhat akin to a cosmic […]
Stories & Skits
Your Mind Will Collapse: Chapter Four
Previously, we left the ‘Feds’, agents of the Internal Revenue Federation, outside Bill’s safe house. How can Bill and Milton escape them? Milton continued to crack into the encryption surrounding the two visitors. “Yeah, they’re […]
Poems
The Patient Welcome
That wasn’t all I meant to say. The words can get stuck. There’s more, if you’ll listen. I wanted to tell you: I want you, I need you. Those words are so worn, Wouldn’t blame […]
Stories & Skits
Your Mind Will Collapse: Chapter Three
In the last installment, Bill and Milton were caught in their safe house by the ‘feds’ – agents of the Internal Revenue Federation… IRF Special Agent Holly Ryder returned her pocket watch to her vest […]
Essays & Opinion
MPs Expenses and Fuel for Second Homes
Most of government is about numbers. Most decisions involve taking £X from Jack to give £Y to Jill and £Z to Jerry. And no topic is more numerical than the expenses of MPs. Sadly, the […]
Poems
Warm Bodies Draw In
When the night folds I want you close at hand It doesn’t matter who you are You don’t need to know my name In the dark I want the touch and smell of living flesh […]
Stories & Skits
Your Mind Will Collapse: Chapter Two
In the previous episode, Bill only barely escaped death at the Vienna State Opera, leaping just before the simulation ended. He jumped to his safe house in West Vancouver, which its curmudgeonly gatekeeper… Milton sat […]