A different recycling

At the council tip it's astonishing

to observe the things that are thrown away.

It's as if a crack or a tiny tear

makes an object somehow beyond repair.

So I rescue stuff (more than I ought)

and leave with more junk than I brought.

Tweets 12

Children are separate people

not extensions of parents' egos.

One sign of Spring

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How can a tiny female frog

produce such a massive dollop of spawn?

Chasers and Eggheads are very knowledgeable

but not necessarily clever.

I've spent most of my life acquiring things

and the rest will be getting rid of them.

The seeds grow when they're wet and hot

but wet and cold - they rot.

Good  Intentions

It's easier to buy a book than read it.

So you see that everyone's looking at you

but so must you be looking at them.

I didn't care about the naked body,

fascinated by the beautiful face

of the woman chained and being whipped -

it just seemed out of place.

I may enjoy a TV show

but enjoyment doesn't last long

whereas the satisfaction gained

from a job well done is STRONG.

Sex frustrated tends to hatred.

Great tits and blue tits singing up high;

one robin feeding a worm to another;

jackdaws peeling off pairs in the sky;

two woodpigeons basking in sunshine together;

and the sun itself edging daily more steep -

Spring is stirring from its winter sleep.

Seaside Disco Bar - No Entry Charge

 A few old regulars like me

but packed with visitors - day trippers,

foreign tourists, down from Londoners,

mature weekenders, nervous students

paddling in the surging waves

of alcohol and music, posing,

posturing the tuneless rhythm,

attempting tempting, sampling partners,

enjoying flirting through the dancing.

Now some are hugging, lips to lips,

and rubbing bodies chest to breast,

the adventurous crotch to crotch.

At 2 am the music stops,

the lights go up and swipe away

the feverish condensation.

Romance evaporates as faces age

and conversation calms to normal.

Back to the baby sitting husband,

night shift girlfriend, TV watching wife

or empty bed and masturbatory dreams.

A good night.

Teenage boys are rarely fret free

fantasising "Who will let me?"

Teenage girls on average bluntly

face the question "Who will want me?"

For President Zelensky

You surely must have realised

that putting Ukraine into NATO

would dangerously antagonise

its historical Russian neighbour.

For possibly having American nukes

stationed right on its western border

wasn't something that any Russian

leader could ever shoulder.

Presumably you judged that Putin

wasn't aggressive enough to start

a war which might get out of hand

with other countries taking part.

Perhaps you underestimated

the need to look big for a little man.

Now that he sees his big mistake

perhaps you could rescind your own.

Now that you know that other countries

will come to your aid you could just veto

your earlier misjudged application -

perhaps you don't need NATO.

Harry and Vladimir

Don't be too hasty to boast about

the enemy soldiers killed.

Consider that each was somebody's brother,

darling son to a loving mother

and possibly husband to wife.

But curse those leaders who sacrifice

everyone else's life.