POETRY: Recent Episodes
Steven Richardson
a short song I wrote and sang this morning , its about being under the total command of a fat controller
Some people seem to have quite an easy time finding their perspective partners whilst others such as myself it's been a perpetual penance ,you have Cinderella's shoe but you can't seem to find a foot to fit it .
All Medieval religions outlawed usury as a sin , profit of any kind wasn't allowed it still stands as a judgement against you , the pathway to Perdition is going to be littered with alot of Gods righteous as well as the Devil's detritus .
A song about an artist girlfriend and her crazy cultural crew, their works of art or gestation periods of genius seem to carry similar traits and time scales to those of real pregnancies .
A short song I wrote about riding aboard the busiest train in Europe the 7.32 Woking to Waterloo 100 million passengers a year pass through Waterloo which makes for some terrifying or tantalising flesh to flesh points of view . All rights reserved
A short song I wrote for my godson Todd after seeing how the human being is producing hybrid animals zebra crossed with rhinoceros I mean have we gone completely mad what's next a cockerel crossed with a kangaroo?.
A song written for Todd aged 5 and his cat Sean the cat who's got terribly fat due to him being pampered to the point he now thinks he's a human.
Thinking back to my parents fate it's hard to see how they once did romantically pass through the eden gate into the land of milk and money where they fell hopelessly in love and felt the urge to passionately procreate , after which they wore the mortgage mask that twenty five year servile task eventually paying back the bank managers seven percent overdraft , they scrimped and scrapped in a steel city strife an then this beleaguered husband and wife decided to search out a big world party and a brand new life , they both sat before a monk faced magistrate who annulled their vows of matrimony awarding one spouse the house and the other a monthly allowance of alimony, Friends and family did try to console and commiserate all in vain an far too late due to both parties now having hearts made of suede and heads full of hate .
A tune I wrote in fourths and fifths to give a semblance of the ancient church music they say that you should never play these intervals but they sound reasonably good if placed in the correct inventions. all rights reserved
A song I wrote about the powder piss and pretentious parties that we use to go to and how everyone seemed to be swapping serotonin smarties talking shrink spiel given to them by their psychiatrists no wonder we all ended up as neurotic nocturnal belfry bats.
A song I wrote about my father's jaguar and how back in the 1960s to drive such a luxury vehicle really did mean you'd arrived into the almost over star class.