Spunky doggerel
By mcmanaman
spunky doggerel
- Log in to post comments
- 2132 reads
Every time I see a couple kissing in public I'll think of you and me on Princes Street
singing the Pogues at the top of our voices
- Read more about Every time I see a couple kissing in public I'll think of you and me on Princes Street
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1355 reads
A baker falls over
It's like the time I was in the marketplace and a baker fell over
- Read more about A baker falls over
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 1083 reads
A disastrous campaign in Bohemia
he shows them to the roof where bar tenders somersault tequila into tall glasses
- Read more about A disastrous campaign in Bohemia
- Log in to post comments
- 1102 reads
Are you happy?
You're dunking Dominos Meat Feast in to barbecue sauce
- Read more about Are you happy?
- Log in to post comments
- 903 reads
Both of us in baseball caps
an attorney dressed as Elvis.
- Read more about Both of us in baseball caps
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1167 reads
Ordering Room Service
helping an amputee cut up his food
- Read more about Ordering Room Service
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 1489 reads
Wrecking Ball
watching blocks of flats around us collapse
- Read more about Wrecking Ball
- Log in to post comments
- 1351 reads
George Aligayah
enunciates every word whenever he is alone, "The Queen is Dead."
- Read more about George Aligayah
- Log in to post comments
- 1637 reads
We should call a man
It's not my fault that I'm not able to French Polish the scratched coffee table
- Read more about We should call a man
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1676 reads
There's someone dead in the toilet
I know it's Emma's party and I don't want to spoil it but I think there is somebody dead in the toilet.
- Read more about There's someone dead in the toilet
- 7 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2822 reads
I've got a good game going on up here
tanoys apologise to people missing meetings
- Read more about I've got a good game going on up here
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 1092 reads
Miss Tempest Thinks
mouths the words 'There is a storm coming'
- Read more about Miss Tempest Thinks
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1220 reads
I'm not cool enough to be in your band
a gram of drum and bass
- Read more about I'm not cool enough to be in your band
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1929 reads
What if men burst in wearing balaclavas?
And the chicken is nearly roasted
- Read more about What if men burst in wearing balaclavas?
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1470 reads
I forgot to mention the moon
the muddy footsteps over our carpet, two men, one much bigger than the other,
- Read more about I forgot to mention the moon
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 1155 reads
Something in me, I suppose, must be going blind
hacking at clumps of coal.
- Read more about Something in me, I suppose, must be going blind
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 1091 reads
Picturing myself in the mountains, 10,000 miles away
I share a feather duvet with the headmistress of the local primary school
- Read more about Picturing myself in the mountains, 10,000 miles away
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1309 reads
From his bed in the capital city
the old lady who was in the local newspaper after biting the arm of her mugger.
- Read more about From his bed in the capital city
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 1350 reads
In this square
Wall three. Wind-chimes.
- Read more about In this square
- Log in to post comments
- 1150 reads
Teenage Rebellion
and I’d hear Steve Lamacq say ‘Sleeper are at Shepherd’s Bush Empire’ and he may have been mentioning Tolkien villages
- Read more about Teenage Rebellion
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2065 reads
Queen Exchange
A story I wrote a few years ago and just found on my old computer
- Read more about Queen Exchange
- Log in to post comments
- 906 reads
Sometimes when I think about you it makes me feel a bit sick
the lady in Barnados beamed such a smile when I came in with a bin bag under each arm.
- Read more about Sometimes when I think about you it makes me feel a bit sick
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 3282 reads
We used to take drugs together
you say 'I bet all of our primary school teachers are dead by now' I think back to Mr Holland and Mrs Phillips and realise you're probaby right.
- Read more about We used to take drugs together
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1328 reads
It's hard to imagine any of our friends will die
there is no time for asthma attacks or carbon monoxide poisoning, motorway pile ups or complications during minor surgery
- Read more about It's hard to imagine any of our friends will die
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1329 reads
Slade and Wham at Christmas
and you hear Slade and Wham and Driving Home for Christmas by Chris Rea.
- Read more about Slade and Wham at Christmas
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1255 reads
The way your face lights up
when you hear on the radio someone you like has died like Heath Ledger or Tony Hart
- Read more about The way your face lights up
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1770 reads
Paperbacks
We know where the wireless hotspots are
- Read more about Paperbacks
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 1012 reads
The day everything was okay
it felt as euphoric as stealing a speedboat
- Read more about The day everything was okay
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1313 reads
When you were talking about your mum
I really wanted to ask 'how old were you when ...'
- Read more about When you were talking about your mum
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1193 reads
Orchestras
'This is the worst orchestra I've ever been in. I'm going to have a word with Elaine.
- Read more about Orchestras
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1138 reads
When we die our souls become cuddly toys
I remember a dream I had when I was little.
- Read more about When we die our souls become cuddly toys
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1196 reads
Knock-a-door-run
We used to ring on doorbells then run away.
- Read more about Knock-a-door-run
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1124 reads
I don't want to share Amanda Palmer
About my favourite singer
- Read more about I don't want to share Amanda Palmer
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 925 reads
My night out
When I was on my sixth pint my friend Mark said he was thinking about having a haircut. I said he shouldn't. I said he suited scruffy hair.
- Read more about My night out
- Log in to post comments
- 772 reads
Nothing compares to you
this isn't a parody or a late night pissed up sing a long. Nothing compares to you.
- Read more about Nothing compares to you
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 836 reads
The funk
never having trusted anyone enough with a spare key for never getting to know my neighbours
- Read more about The funk
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 825 reads