The Gradual Groan – And the hacks in your bones

I’m going tochange my waysor maybe I won’tfor I like my waysjust as they are and you must run farto see the dark in the eyeswhen the mirror showsthe leaks in your souland the hacks in your bones and do you have the stonesrescued from your pastcan you face the new crowdor will you run […]

Doctor, Doctor – Just exactly what health advice are you giving out

Doctor Jenny, your advice is freeto do all the things good for me and yet, I see your proclivityis to do only dangerous activity like ride off a mountain on a bikecross a fast-flowing river on a hike ignore the no-swim sign to traverse the lakeenjoy smoking rollups with ready-rubbed flake at the weekend, you […]

Aqua – Delightful droplets

Crystal clear, clichéd,glistening, glass ofdelightful droplets,from condensing cloudsof mesmerising moisture.Roaring, running riversand restful reservoirs,I salute you. Life-giving,planet-dominating,body-constituting,thirst-slaking,force of nature,I love the way youslip down my throat,and refresh, re-hydrateand renew like no otherliquid form on earth.I am sated and alert. Fraser August 2023