Fantastic Plastic

Welcome to a place where it never rains
(apart from frequent natural disasters)
It was eternal sun and beach waters
Everyone’s happy and no one complains
Kids go to school but they don’t learn a thing
They’ve got no thought, or hope, for the future
Old folk are stupid, useless and un-pure
Former wise advisors are now boring
Amorous behaviour rules supreme here
You must not be single at any cost
And secure marriage vows are dropped and lost
And yes - there’s no ugly people ‘round here

All this is a fake view of reality
But then, who cares when it’s making money?


25th April 2003

Thug

I don’t care if you flock to certain brands
I don’t care if you’ve a razor sharp mind
I don’t care if you like this band, that band
I don’t care if you are real nice and kind
I don’t care if you shed a thousand tears
I don’t care if you open your mouth wide
I don’t care if you live your life in fear
I don’t care if you attempt suicide
I don’t care if you stand on your own feet
I don’t care if great success comes your way
I don’t care if your potential you meet
I don’t care if you climb higher each day

Why I do this? For this answer you plea
Cos’ you’ll always be a dickhead to me


24th April 2003

O Holy Night

O Holy night, Twenty-fourth of December
The local church is ringing out the last bell
It’s the birth night of our lord and saviour
In a time of peace and love all is well
Lazing back in the couch with beer in hand
As this little town lights up behind me
Together with all the rest of the clan
Curtains open, feet up, watching TV
We’re all here for the holiday season
Recalling each and every song we know
We don’t fight, argue or call out treason
We’re just watching the bond of family grow

All watching the carols by candlelight
And all together for the holy night


25th December 2004

How to write a sonnet

Some say sonnet writing is tough to complete
But I can write them with the greatest of ease
Thus I say: Writing sonnets is a breeze!
Know what to do and you’re on easy street
First, you will need a unique rhyming scheme
Like: A-B-B-A or A-B-A-B
And that’s just what your first four lines should be
And note that your lines should number fourteen
Make sure there’s ten syllables in each line
The rhyming will repeat as you will see
With: C-D-D-C or C-D-C-D
And if you make it this far, you’re doing fine
Writing the next four lines should be easy
E-F-F-E or E-F-E-F, see?
Now that the end is in sight, finally
You finish with your last two lines: G-G

Now you know how, so walk without fear
So go write a sonnet the world will hear


22nd April 2003

An Internet Romance

I want you to come and live here with me
But that could only happen in a dream
I want you in my arms - in sanctuary
Not a blank, cold, faceless computer screen
I want to hear your voice’s melody
E-mailing works but gaps it doesn’t fill
I want to kiss your sweet lips tenderly
Not touch the cold indifference of steel
I want to say all these word to your face
But we’re in completely different time zones
I want you to be my light in this place
But wanting won’t stop me being alone

We may not know it but we need each other
But broad oceans divide us forever


23rd April 2003

We don’t need anyone else because we have each other

I was blinded by frustration and rage
Confused and with a crippled memory
But I broke out of that horrendous cage
And cursed the world for persecuting me
But as I turned away, you did so too
Even so it meant your imminent doom
Why care? You did what you wanted to do
You risked everything to grant me a boon
You gave me strength in my bleakest hour
You soothed my rage and banished my demons
You showed me sweet love and all its power
So lets walk together - Find a haven

Lets flee the world and it’s accusing eye
Lets stay with each other until we die


9th April 2003

Strawberries and Cream

A waft of strawberries entered the room
As you lay on my bed seductively
I kissed your red lips so passionately
As the taste of red wine inside me bloomed
Your arms and your legs were as white as cream
My fingers danced upon your lingerie
In my arms was where you wanted to stay
Your taste was that of a white chocolate dream
Your scent was sweet - like that of vanilla
Your face was like the finest porcelain
You smiled, my heart melted and I fell in
And I taste the fruits of pure love with her

Such wine tastes lovely when shared with another
So in your arms I will stay forever.


30th March 2003

Say it to my face

Got something to say? Say it to my face
Do you believe that I should know this thing?
Open your mouth. Bring it on. I’m listening
Just don’t run off and leave a cowards trace
Forget about escaping completely
Forget all about your getaway car
Forget about running away so far
Don’t run like a wimp. Come out and face me
You’ve got the balls to open your big trap
But zero to face the consequences
If you gladly assault my senses
Then surely you won’t go hide from the rap

Don’t run. Don’t hide. Come out and talk your talk
You dared open your mouth so walk the walk


2nd April 2003

Lament

You can look at us, yes. But you can’t touch
You can talk however. We will listen
But just don’t expect us to care too much
We don’t give a toss ’bout the mess you’re in
You say Heaven’s coming down upon you
Why should I give a fuck ‘bout such a tool?
Go have a cry about it. Boo hoo hoo.
Because I’m already with someone cool
You are the type we won’t be caught dead with
Don’t crap on ‘bout need you’ll willingly provide
We don’t care if you loose the will to live
We won’t change. We are blinded by our pride

You go where you belong with all the slime
Fuck your sanctuary and your cloud nine


26th March 2003

Nightmare

I was walking in a rainy twilight
Suddenly up pulled my grandmother’s car
I jumped in and pulled the seatbelt on tight
But the driver was not my grandmother
It was a stranger. A forty something
he had his face hidden with high collars
My blood turned cold, my hands began trembling
“Who are you?” I asked the man in horror
He didn’t answer. He just turned his head.
Dark painted circles, twisted painted grin
He looked alive as a corpse six days dead
To his world he had come to drag me in

He was a mess of make up and face white
He had come to take me into the night


26th March 2003

Angelus Erroneous

When it happened, you asked me to forget
Even though I asked you to remember
It’s grip caught us both like fish in a net
And the world we knew was changed forever
The angels came down from the sky falling
With broken wings, bloodied wounds and frail limbs
You weren’t listening when you heard me calling
You only heard Heaven’s destructive hymns
The gates are now closed to this dying earth
To be never opened ever again
On this wrecked ground there is no time for mirth
As the dead number in thousands of ten.

That fateful day marked the end of a dream
You broke down when I asked you not to scream


23rd March 2003

Celtic blood

I can pick up a sword ‘cos I can fight
I am eager to explore lands far away
I’m prepared to give my life for what’s right
And I have tales and stories to say
My home is an island of trees and green
Where the bond of kinship keeps running strong
But my true birthplace is one I haven’t seen
However my heritage has not gone
I have walked this earth for so many years
With spirits of my family to guide me
My ancestral strength protects me from fears
From invaders wherever they may be

Though our world is gone, our spirit won’t fall
I have Celtic blood and I’ll heed it’s call


21st March 2003