April 1984
The prayers endlessly fall, like melting diamonds dripping through a gap, trying to make amends with the gods. The wheels turn and the dice tumble in an eternal, unpredictable roll. The high straight follows with a last-gasp plea sobbed into a pillow.
Yet another silver needle makes the journey easier, and every player in the game at times must surely wonder if it is nothing more than a rigged game, and if the last bus has gone with even just one empty seat.
The rules for the strong and are the same as the ones for the weak, and the ones for the rich, the same as the ones for the poor. But when the cackle of the static grows louder and the whirring camera pictures blur, there is only the Faith or
the Law to choose from.
Picture: Geralt
may isle
CONTENTS
- Columns (60)
- Prose poems (24)
- Songs (14)
Welcome
Welcome to 'A Frample', a confused tangle of columns, prose poems and lyrics. It's not so much a blog as an online folder, lying somewhere between a drawer and the bin.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
Young Vi, shortly after her mother left. July 12, 2020 I am writing this just a few days after my mother’s death. It is a personal ...
-
Mental health – now that’s gone a bit trendy hasn’t it? It’s a subject that produces a lot of words, and while one of the main messages is t...
-
My mother and father with one of my sisters and one of my brothers. July 31, 2019 You should never wash your dirty linen in public...
-
January 31, 2020 I have reached the point where certain aspects of life, which once were seen as distant or unimportant, are now...
-
A little while back, while volunteering at our small local museum, a young family from abroad were intrigued by an exhibit, the likes of w...
-
My recent revelations concerning encounters with bullies through the years were said by quite a few to be a disturbing read; even family mem...
-
There is a Scottish saying, “We’re a’ Jock Thamson’s bairns”. Depending on your outlook on life that’s a very socialist, Christian, Buddhist...
-
Someone moving down on the rocks, Torchlight flashing at the end of the Blocks. Girl on the Plerick down on her knees Hammering copper nails...
-
Continuing my solo therapy with there not being enough resources for a one-to-one with a professional, deemed not suitable for a group onl...
-
July 7, 2019 I like the winter time best, when nothing moves at all And I can’t hear any voices coming through the wall. Sometimes...

No comments:
Post a Comment