If I should vote, remember this of me
That according to The Representation of the People Act (1983)
My vote is cast, and cannot be revoked by any earthly sway.
(Unless the Royal Mail loses it on the way.)
If I should vote, remember this of me
That according to The Representation of the People Act (1983)
My vote is cast, and cannot be revoked by any earthly sway.
(Unless the Royal Mail loses it on the way.)
One person picks themself up from the ground
And someone close by sees, and does the same.
Dusts themself down, and carries on.
A third picks up the same idea:
Defeat is not defeat; and copies yet again
The resolution they have seen before.
And so it carries on; one act of courage
Can be infectious in a chain, and at the end
We all may rise again with pride.
"I fancied you".
"I never knew!"
"I never said."
"And now I'm dead."
The spinach didn't just wilt.
It was kilt.
Here's another crazy idea. Some Swiss prof claims if you want to slim, then between dawn and dusk you should eat only cereals. Honestly. It's called "The day, the muesli diet".
Google Calendar sent an alert: "Clear tomorrow". Got up and it was still raining.
Another one. I asked some Greens a question. But there was no Brussels answerability.
My new hedge is privet. I was thinking outside the box.
Revenge is sweet so they say. Do they mean it's serial?
A cat decapitated me.
And so I went to a mouse, mouse, better place than I have every known.
Growing old
Does not disappoint.
A calm mind
Hears birdsong better.
A jogger in a red top
Overtook me quickly tonight.
I never even heard him behind me.
But further up the path I noticed he slowed.
I'd organize a Thrush competition, if they needed me.
If, the wind blows your hair about,
Be grateful.
One for the wind
Two that you live and breathe
MASOCHISTS FACE BACKLASH
I'd write about bondage. But I'd be bound to get it it wrong.
I only sobbed at fifteen watts
A low-energy blub.
Is it yourself that won't come in?
It's open if you will enter.
I've been waiting.
More and more
I want to hear
That little bird outside my window.
I'd never wear my hair in a bun. For me that would be a top not.
All the kids loved school meals,
Except Mag.
She said they made her gag.
All the kids loved school meals,
Except Duke.
He said they made him puke.
All the kids loved school meals,
Except Nick.
He said they made him sick.
All the kids loved school meals,
Except Drew.
She said they made her spew.
A kiss is still a kiss
Why make me wait like this?
I lie alone and sigh.
Oh please don't make me cry,
As time goes by.
I lie here waiting: yet
The moon and stars have set,
But still alone I lie.
Still gazing at the sky,
As time goes by.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/sep/05/poster-poems-sappho-reinterpreted-billy-mills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXwS7yLOYt4
All the kids looked after the gerbils, except Nat.
He fed them to the cat.
This is a wild flower I spotted today, very close to where I live. I saw it was a cranesbill, called that because plants in this group have seedpods that look like the bill of a crane. They encapsulate a rather neat way of seed dispersal.
But which cranesbill? I've not seen it there before and I wasn't familiar with the species.
A bit of searching showed it is the 'cut leaved cranesbill', widespread in Europe. Although it's not rare at all, I can't remember seeing it anywhere before.
But this same, shy little plant, when introduced into North America, transmuted into an invasive species, and a 'noxious' weed'. I don't think anyone would have guessed that from looking at it.
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