As moth voyeur’s to a boudoir keyhole flame they gather each and every one on a ‘look but don’t touch’ promise they queue as only the bloated ignoramus connoisseurs can to glimpse salivate and add critique as the jaundiced eye of vindictiveness demands at the highlight of the nouveau-rich exhibition of pigeonhole virtuosity namely … More THE IMPERFECT PERFECT WOMAN
Upstream, where riparian ledge weds the chattering cascade from 100 paces she spots a hectic kingfisher my daydreaming eyes would never see Later outside the Tea Rooms a not so nervous, brave even gregarious little blighter enacts the eternal photographers trick moves in ever closer, closer still ‘Good morning Sparrow Fart…suppose you’re after my … More THE JOKER WHO LIVES IN THE ATTIC
Being left-handed can be a right pain in the arse in a world where everything is engineered with the right-handed in mind. I know this because I am a lefty (in both senses of the word). Moreover when a lefty well and truly knackers his left arm to the extent that his missus quite understandably … More A CAFÉ TO THINK IN
Within his tavern of imaginings, out of body looking further outwards indulgence his shy waitress serving up a comedy of realities actualities that would censure his each and every manipulation Dreamlands purple anecdotes a sometimes painkiller save for when The Master of Suspense visits unannounced, then all is a mere twisted and spoiled incidental lecherous … More PARALLEL IMAGININGS
In the days when possessing the Seven Seas meant domination of the globe and almost all things therein and thereupon there was once an Englishman who could neither swim nor tell stern from bow, who suffered seasickness and always put his back out climbing into a hammock To those prepared to take heed of his … More TOPSY’S PUZZLEMENT
I was film noir daydreaming when I first saw him and what I shall say is surreal yet no lie for I am now about to impart to you the Tale of Frank the World’s Most Intelligent Blowfly Initially I didn’t take to Frank much when he turned up in our kitchen in La … More FRANK THE WORLD’S MOST INTELLIGENT BLOWFLY
They lie about their mistresses their expenses, their principles yet when it comes to taxing ‘us’ I’m afraid they do not lie at all Wealth tax, stealth tax, income tax they have ‘us’ each and everyway yet when some poor sod’s made redundant they turn a blind eye, look away Foreign policy in … More MALE POLITICIANS
The heady days of catapults, caterpillars and rosehip syrup long abandoned in the place where lost childhood rests, in their wake a ‘Made in China’ poor man’s counterfeit claviature Older yet no wiser the gatherer confiscates words hovering free form hither and thither with his butterfly net removing each and every one with precision from … More REPRESENTATION IN SILHOUETTE
Dearest Fanny, I think of you often. Even now with the passage of time your image stays with me – as fresh as a daisy in springtime. Do you remember when we took that camel train across The Sahara desert? Week upon week without shadow; the harsh unforgiving midday sun and sandstorms; you and I … More FANNY, I THINK OF YOU OFTEN
The curse of the half open door reticence the mother of fear fear the spouse of bondage bondage an only child Periscope to Lusitania Madame La Guillotine to a sweet tooth BOGOF handguns to a kindergarten Paris one autumnal night all worm fodder on the crumbly pages of The Decrepit Book of Malevolence Long since … More ONE DAY WE SHALL DANCE AGAIN
- MIKE STEEDEN - 