Democracy’s a shadow boxer.
The knockout blow
is the individual vote.
What was once so golden now feels so broken.
Tag: social commentary
The Demons – Written June 2025 (Aged 50)
The demons have crept into our lives.
Status gained, freedoms waned.
The demons are creeping back into our lives.
The demons, they have us.
Jam – Written Monday 2nd June 2025 (Aged 50)
He promises free jam, but the jam never arrives.
People believe; they think he’s right, convinced that they understand.
Tomorrow comes, and there is no free jam.
And no matter what happens, people fail to learn.
Available For The High Jump – Written Wednesday 7th May 2025 (Aged 50)
Ordinary has its appeal… let me pack you a picnic basket. I do it with all my love and all my care
Puritan’s Table – Written Monday 31st March 2025 (Aged 50)
Excerpt:
Power is not suited to the powerful… insecurity sitting bolt upright at the Puritan’s table
Highrise – Written March 2025 (Aged 50)
The challenge, the new challenge, it does excite me. And the lifting of barriers and weights, it is enticing.
Tap, Tap, Tap – Written March 2025 (Aged 50)
Tap-tap-tap — we hand out the school milk, and we notice it is curdled and has turned sour
Simple Days – Written Thursday 4th March 2025 (Aged 50)
What else is there to say, caught as we are in the swell of what felt like simpler days
White Gold – Written Monday 3rd March 2025 (Aged 50)
“It’s a shame emotional intelligence, empathy, and compassion remain so remote.”
Look At You – Written March 2025 (Aged 50)
“How far has society shifted for such things to be a joke?”
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 