September 2012
1 post
I twinkle, lonely, like a fading star,
Does meaningless sex make you forget who...
May 2012
3 posts
The Ballad of Camden Town
I walked with Maisie long years back
The...
– James Elroy Flecker
I wander thro’ each charter’d street,
Near where the...
Stripped and dethreaded on the Mile End Road,
Laid, finally, bare to the...
April 2012
6 posts
Pleased you are not in suburban Nottingham,
instead we are fucking on the mile...
Met a girl, knocked me dead
Chalk outline, Camden Head
Camden?
Rain on black railings, as my conversation is failing
Please rest me assured...
As the rain falls in the darkness on my roof window
I am reminded that I am...
Close to the chipped white steps of the Southbank centre, I fondly recall the...
London is a river-spanning barrow.
The tube is a warren living in its belly
...
March 2012
13 posts
One day I swam upstream
But the water was rather unclean
So I developed a cold...
I once drew a face on a wall
I decided to name it Paul
But he took a disliking...
Stuck in the wrong part of town, 2 in the morning trash all around
a street...
Tube breath, electric feet.
Wishing I still travelled in your nervous system
...
All hail these three wenches,
Sitting on London street benches
Southbank
“”Waking up early on cold foggy days,
I can’t be...
“Empty with no need for relacement
Pain turning to excitement.”
...
“Each idea is one foot in front of the other. I sense a change in the...
“On a good day, when I am in the right mood,
As dusk begins to settle and...
“London mostly smells of piss,
But today It smells like flowers.”
...
“Pardon me for being so blunt,
but what good is London - aside from...
“Such an unfriendly town, they say.
The barbers, the drinkers, the...
‘The city can be a work of art. The city or the experience of the city,...