I watched the fledgling widowA charcoal figurineA transcendent remembrance vistaWhite marble upon emerald green Determinedly she made her searchRow upon row upon rowPausing every so oftenBefore she made to go Onward, ever onwardUntil she found the very spotWhere her true love was laid to restHe that time almost forgot There she knelt on one kneeDabbed … More COLD COMFORT BEGETS FRESH GRIEF
FRESH FLESH & CHILLED CHABLIS Berlin, oh my Berlinin those years between two warsyou were coarse, of course, you knew ita reprobate behind closed doors decadence’s dream unfetteredyour nightclubs lewd and crudeWeimar culture babes ‘a dancing’most times in the naughty naked nude transvestites, candelabra’ssmall dark venues, dimly litcabaret within a smoky hazesuch a perfect fit The … More FRESH FLESH & CHILLED CHABLIS
TOO LONG WE BOTH HAD WAITED the Garde du Nord was franticthe night I took the sleeper eastmy destination Budapestdreaming you might fly in from Nice too long we both had waitedI’d delayed, fearing the worstyet as the stench of false freedom fadedI travelled unfazed and unrehearsed ’56 had seen Soviet tanksdestroy any glimmer of … More TOO LONG WE BOTH HAD WAITED
Originally posted on Graffiti Lux Art & More:
ADULT FICTION SET IN REALITY ( WWII – London & Paris) SEXUAL CONTENT (Integral) My words are in blue. Mike’s words are in black italics. “Frenchie” sobriquet for the French Resistance hero of this tale, is one kick ass martial arts fighter. She can kill a nazi…
THE SCRIBBLINGS OF A SQUADDIE Dusk, the wayward princess of darkness, is reluctant to say goodnight. Stupid as it may sound I think she’s trying to tell me to turn tail. I cannot do that. Annie would think the worse of me. I crane my neck, score her initials in the condensation, then wipe clean … More I SHALL SMOTHER HER IN BELGIAN CHOCOLATE
Zinnie do you still love meAfter all that I have done?That gal in Nice inconsequentialAs was the meaningless fling with the nun Mind you, my frolic with young SvetlanaI accept did cross the lineSo too my affair with that actressAnd the model I did wine and dine And as for bashful MarleneWhen you caught us … More ZINNIE DO YOU STILL LOVE ME?
DRIFTWOOD GIRL immense the seagnarly the surgeonyx the cloakthe language of Teutonsshrieks subjugationhowls revengeStorm Force 10shows no remorsetakes no prisoners Driftwood Girlshe does nothave a careshe travels on the tidethe harbour wallher occasional gîtethe beachher catwalk to this dayshe sings songsof destinylove and loss,seaweed, faith adrift,the sudden diveof the cormorantseeking breakfast, andthe message in the … More DRIFTWOOD GIRL
The young Master Doowhat Useless-Hopeless Who’d have thought it! Me aka Mr Doowhat Useless-Hopeless put this little video collection of mainly very old photographs from my new book, ‘An Only Child & His Mum’s Amazing Germ Phobia’ along with a backing instrumental by the title ‘A Life’, courtesy of my son…who is featured as a … More MR DOOWHAT USELESS-HOPELESS
‘An Unusual Take on Life and Social History from the 1950’s Onward‘ In a perfect world I’d have been rich and famous thus deemed worthy of penning the story of my own life. In reality I am a content ‘nowhere man’ with a vast chronicle of all things bonkers to pass on to anyone who … More AN ‘ONLY CHILD’ & HIS MUM’S AMAZING GERM PHOBIA
Originally posted on The Whitechapel Whelk:
Steeden and Blamey in happier times before finding out that they both had a touch of the tar brush An extreme right-wing couple have been attacking each other with racist slurs since discovering that all of mankind can trace its roots back to the African continent. Mike Steeden, 80,…
