Biggy R I P

My Cat Biggy died today aged 15 years

God bless Biggy

The Long Boat

Olaf
The skinny Viking
Started each day
With a thrust
This
Was not at all
To his liking
Because he felt
It so unjust
But nevertheless
And
To be matey
He’d pull hard
Upon his oar
And oh
How he wished
He had brought a cushion
To stop his arse
From getting
Thor

When was the last time?

He looked at the old man
And thought
When was that day
The day
You stopped
Old man
Legs one day
Stick the next
Evidently
It was about the time
The stairs
Were hard to climb
And then to
To the bedroom door
Where upon the floor
His dear wife
Had passed away
Sort of
Took the legs
From under him

Platontic Friendship

In a spinning breathless
A wonderful joy
A moment of madness
I was swept along
So
Where did it go wrong?
Intoxicated
Indoctrinated
By my own lusty dogma
The giddy energy of attraction
She
As greedy as I
Hanging on
Every word
Watching every gesture
Committing to memory every detail
Liken to some delicate pressed flower
A kiss
A hesitant breath against perfumed cheek
Shining
Radiant
A white fire
A searing heat of shivering expectancy

Then why
Oh Why!
Oh!
Bugger and round things
The subject has been raised
Like a creaking drawbridge
Shit
There’s that word again
HONESTY
Let’s talk about it
Let’s be adult
Let’s be realistic
Don’t let’s tantalise
And the sooner we realise


That neither of us
Want the inevitable pain
The jealously
The guilt
The black silt
Of lies
Which leap up
Creep up
Heap up
Like debt
To meet
And greet
Every stolen magic moment
So what to do
We sit and stare
It’s hard to bear
It’s hardly fair
Well
I am paying
At last
A brave declaration
Of honourable intentions
A promise midst forking sushi
A promise midst sipping wine
We can be friends
Through the day
In the park
Not late at night
In the dark
A kiss on her mouth
She says
just wouldn't be right

How can I say this without causing hurt
She lowers her lashes
She dashes
All hope
Out her words blurt
Friends do not
Under any circumstances
Exchange bodily fluids
A Friend is stoic and strong
A friend can never be wrong
A friend
Is a friend to the end

Bollocks!

A friend round the bend
An Everlasting
Colonic friendship
Friends!
Tell that to my
Groaning moaning loins
A fucking platonic friendship!
You must be joking!
What haggard breath
Gave utterance
To the honesty of that lie
Pucker up
One last…
Oh yes that’s right
There was never a first
Just a thirst
For honesty
Honesty
Honesty
Honesty
One plea for honesty after another
Pissed down
That night
Upon my passion
Like a dog splash
Against a tree