Context

**** Trigger Warning **** Contains Swearing Two friends talking about a mutual pal.Someone you can rely on.Says, “Aye, that cunt’s sound.”See two folk on the bus,a few cans to the wind.One shouts to the other,“Why are you acting the cunt?”Crowd trying to stop a couple arguing in the street.“Aye well, she’s a fucking cunt!”She nearlyContinue reading “Context”

Work Ethic

Work ethic, work ethic, work ethic.Isn’t any good sitting round,Crying,Moaning,Hiding.On the couch,With a duvet and a pillow,Like life’s a storm to wait out.Work ethic.Get to working,Get to creating.Make something.Don’t apologize for it.Make it breathe.Work ethic.Get your hands dirty.Give yourself to the work.No one has a ladder for you,So build your own.With sweat,Blood.Work ethic.The only personContinue reading “Work Ethic”

dream baby dream

Let you down easy, let you down hard,Leave your heart hanging out in the yard.Life likes to hurt, knows how to kill,Hold onto your dreams, hold onto your will.Between you and the darkness, is only you,Stand up straight and walk on through.There’s still magic, still love and soul,Rising from the depths like rock and roll.KeepContinue reading “dream baby dream”

Finish The Game

Rock and roll doesn’t need statues. It’s alive.Like Willie Nile.It’s in the pavement. The cracks in the wall in a sweaty club. When the singer testifies.It’s no museum piece.What goods a statue at the end of the world?It’s in the air. It’s in your walk. How you talk. How you get back up. Every time.IContinue reading “Finish The Game”