barrowlass

"It's that time of life when you're neither here nor there or either - young or old, smooth or wrinkly, just an inbetweeny twixt birth and senility! Written August 22nd, 2001 © on Aug 22 2001 05:08 AM..."

"The mirror shows meunadorned.Fraying at the edges,past my prime.And still I say to everything-'I'll do it - if I have the time.'But time scatterslike summer rain, whichdries up and disappears,evaporat..."

"I found myself today - hooray! Amazing what you find down the back of the sofa. Written August 23rd, 2001 © on Aug 23 2001 07:33 AM PST   0 • 14"

"My brother's bigand strongand musclywith tattoos on his armsand a hairy chest.My brother'll bash anyonewho picks on mehe's the best is my brother.He used to fight bears,catch whalesbut now that's not ..."

"The boy stood at the edge of the sea. Wet sand sucked at his infant toes. Laughing, he tried to catch sun-sprites which danced, just out of reach, upon the wavelets. The seaweed caressed his bare leg..."

"There's a mirror in my mind look in there and you'll find thoughts which, when first testing the air, die, or others which spread wings and fly to nameless recesses. Other things you'll see reflected..."

"Supersonic, aquatonic please - make my face a little less chronic. The lines are encroaching day by day and soon the bloom of youth will die away. The years come round with certainty and leave their ..."

"I knew it wasn't youbefore the phone rang,but some lover-voicedfitted-kitchen salesman,whose ardour cooledwhen he realised the futilityof getting a £3000 kitcheninto an alcove.When ARE you going to un..."

"Her slippers huddle on the hearthrug before the embering fire. The companion set stands in solitary state behind the brass fire fender. Her feet rest upon the wooden footstool he made when their marr..."

"Edward wanted the extra special fabberoonie, zillionistic midday meal. He asked for: Fried fonsanka with side salad - gootchis. Grilled galumbo with suckabilly sauce. Poached pittimi, lightly done, ..."

"I stare from the window A prisoner in this place that isn't home. His key in the door wakens snakes of fear. I have few teeth His "dentistry" saw to that. "No one will look at you now" He calls me ..."

""Computer literate" "Flexible" "Enthusiastic" Translation: "Able to find the "On" switch" "Be at everyone's beck and call" "Enjoy making the tea" Written September 3rd, 2001 © on Sep 03 2001 08:09 ..."

"Black coffee, 3 am. Curled sleeplessly in the armchair, unable to lie in the bed where you lately had taken HER. I shall be strong. I shall be - try to be, strong. For my own sake not for yours.the ..."

"I thought about you today. Just a little thought - a speck of dust on the surface of my mind. It was there, then it had gone to wherever dead thoughts go. Written September 4th, 2001 © on Sep 04 200..."

"My Grandad had a wooden leg, he used it to prop up the bed. He and Grandma got frisky, which was rather risky, and now poor Grandad is dead.no disrespect to Grandad - he'd have seen funny side of this..."

"A year for each womb-bound child, A year for each child who died, A year for the husband gone off to war, A year for the nights she cried. A year for the worries, A year for the songs, A year for the..."

""Don't go down to the woods" my mother used to say. "There are things down there that you shouldn't know, there are things down there that you shouldn't see." Then I asked "How do you know?" and she ..."

"I've got my bona fide membership of the sisterhood of life. I'm a mother, I'm a lover, I'm also a wife. I HAVE got a clitoris (somewhere) I do have boobs, contrary to first impressions, though you d..."

"OK, I admit it, under duress of course. I went to a wedding in black satin hotpants. Well, I had to express my condolences somehow.this really happened. Written September 6th, 2001 © on Sep 06 2001 0..."

"I don't     want I don't     want to I don't     want to do I don't     want to do that I don't     want to be hit again Please     don't hit me ........ Written September 6th, 2001 © on Sep 0..."

"They don't remember when ripped from warm dark wombs they first saw the sky they don't remember when sound was born from their unused throats they don't remember when the cord was severed and unity ..."

"That girl with the sticky out hair and the face like a slammed door menaced the marbles scared the skipping ropes terrorised the toys horrified the hopscotch pitch bragged with the boys showed her k..."

"Innsbruck's history paved streets were soft on our visiting feet. The Golden Roof glowed as it had for 500 years. The Stadtturm Tower allowed us to view the city's beauty. But far more wonderful we..."

"Standing apart fast-beating heart. Can I play? Can I play? Kids all around bodies of sound. Can I play? Can I play? Standing alone want to go home. I can't play I can't play Kids catcalling shri..."

"the pain comes from within. the rip inside when you walk away. the dissolution of self in your pitying gaze. i didn't ask to love you i'm not a masochist. but you turn the blade of indifference in..."

"It happened again that black Tuesday when human rain fell from the WTC It's happened before in London in Coventry in Barrow (my home) The dreadful price of man's megalomania and man's ignobility is ..."

"We can't forgetbut we can stop regrettingWe can't deflectbut we can stop excludingWe can't undobut we can stop unravellingWe can't hidebut we can stop runningWe can't forgivebut we can stop condemning..."

"Two o'clock "Breaking news An aircraft strikes the World Trade Centre, New York.  No further details" I continue baking bread, preparing vegetables for the evening meal. Three o'clock "It's believed..."

"The first day the guns muttered in the hills like newborn thunder impatient to escape. The second day mortar bombs, flying death, rocked ancient squares which wearily bore the onslaught. The third d..."

"When you lay the flowers bring a prayer When you grieve in saddening hours bring a prayer When you live in endless limbo bring a prayer When you feel your life is zero bring a prayer When your hea..."

"I threw flowers in that long ago Prague Spring. Flowers grew from tank guns, petals replaced bullets. We knew nothing of the Summer of Love the preceding year. Tanks don't make love only war. I th..."

"There was a time when, shoulders bowed, I took on the world There was a time when, heart overcome sadness unfurled. No longer. I have found that I am me and I am free. I have found that I can do w..."

"A new life precious and rare. Unknown and unknowing yet - with a power we can share. A new life new and divine Bringing hopes for the future yours - and mine.just had news that we may have a new g..."