Author Archives: sean
We Are The Drowned
We are the drowned, in our temples of stone Seeking refuge together from our dark little homes We are the drowned, all silent and cool Playing the by the fire, by the glass, by the rules We are the drowned, full of endless intent Planting our feet in distillers cement Forever facing our twisted … Continue reading
In Spain
there were four, maybe five of us (but, thinking back, it could have been a hundred) standing around by the bus stop catching death from the spray that reached out from under the wheels of passing cars and every time a bus drew up (which was seldom) no one got on, and even fewer ever … Continue reading
40 Things: Item 10 – Get a letter printed in 2000ad
This week, I’ve finally done something on the list I’ve always meant to do – get a letter printed in 2000ad comic. 2000ad comic’s been around now for 36 years. I’ve only got vague recollections of discovering it, but I’m fairly sure that I was about 7 or 8 years old and my Auntie Tweeny … Continue reading
Slow water
It drips, slowly Slowly from the lip of a frozen tap, A rhythm and a rhyme on the floor of the sink A metronome, endless The slow drip, the slow decline. Audible from the lounge, from the stairs The landing and the bedroom Sitting together, sharing a couch Easily fixed, but never faced … Continue reading
4 things :Item 23 – Deliver an….
….apparently well – informed and lengthy opinion in the local paper on a subject I actually know sod all about. And so the fun began to begin! After I got back from the opera (see item 7), I fired off a quick review to the Lancashire Evening Post, in the obvious hopes of killing … Continue reading