Thursday, 9 January 2014

The prophet in the rabbit skin coat

She came stumbling up the stairs and you caught her eye;
The prophet in the rabbit-skin coat.
And soon you realised your mistake
Because first she licked you,
But then she got her teeth stuck in
And she shook you about with the contents of her glass.
“You’ve got shdeep, mysterious eyes…”
She examines you more closely, swaying towards you from the top of the stairs.
“Surch slanty eyes,”
You laugh.
“Silfer fox….” Sway, narrowing of the eyes, “Cunning fox,” sway, wine ebbs over the side of her glass onto your leg, “Shly fox.”
She turns to me, “ ’e’s a sly foxsh, don’t trust a shly one.”
She turns to you, “I’nt she beau’iful! Shis beau’iful!”
The glass swings up into the air (slop)
“She’ll leave you if you’re not careful. “Sh’ weel!”
She turns to me, “Oh you’re beau’ful,”
To you, “Oh she ees.” She sways in close, you laugh, wiping the spittle from your face. She drops a little more wine on your leg for good measure.
“Ma bruther got me this coat. Oh yesh. He’s in Irn Maidin. Ish rabbit shkin.”
“Ooh, how lovely,” I say stroking the coat in horror.
She leans in, close to your face. “She’ll leave you if you’re not careful. Sh’ weel!”
And off she stumbles, the prophet in the rabbit skin coat.


After School

After school they were so tired because they had learnt so much, they needed food.
After school they were so tired because they had learnt so much, they couldn't hold onto the wrappers from the food.
After school they were so tired because they had learnt so much, they dropped the bag of sandwich crusts, crushed diet coke can, empty Tesco bag, Golden Wonder, fish and chip paper, wooden fork, lollypop stick to the floor.
After school they were so tired because they had learnt so much, but they wanted to share what they’d learnt, so they just about managed to scrawl, “BIGGESTS CUNT CHOPS IN THE BAY” on the windowsill of the bus.

They were so very tired after school because they had learnt a new word: “BIGGESTS.”

Monday, 6 January 2014

The Sea and the Shore

The Sea and the Shore

The sea is so tired because it never stops. It falls on the shore exhausted, asking for a place to stay, to rest. “No room for you, you’re too big,” says the shore so the sea flops down momentarily and then falls back. It comes knocking again but the shore never lets it stay for long. When the sea is very tired and very angry it lashes the shore, pounds on the door, as if to say, “You won’t let me stay? You’ll pay, you’ll pay.” Then, in its anger, it breaks the shore down into tiny pieces, hoping to make room, but there’s never anywhere for the sea to stop. The sea is so very tired. It is always seeking a place to stay.