I Like

I like cake.

I like cars,

1950s American my latest phase.

I like dirty stories, those that are taboo. 

Honestly? How about you?

I like writing, words, beautiful sentences,

ever since I was a kid, 

something I could never shake,

not that I wanted to.

I like sunshine,

I like the wind.

I like Thursdays. I only work to Wednesday.

I like art, modern art makes me think the most,

it does things to my brain,

other art forms can’t claim.

I like god when a black woman sings.

I like lazy days.

Strawberries and ice cream.

I like time,

despite it slipping through my fingers like water.

I like working hard, but only when I choose, 

I like the feeling when I am done.

It’s good to achieve and feel like something.

I like laughing,

I like crying,

both make me feel something.

I don’t like stress, it spins my head.

I like smart people, 

good conversation,

food and wine.

But, I like pot the best,

it mellows life out the most.

Victimhood

The duchess and the dweeb

couldn’t seem to leave, the

palace without burning it down 

on the way out.

“If we can’t have nice things,” 

“We really don’t want to whinge,”

“But you know, it’s privacy,” they say.

Then they got in the Rolls Royce, 

and drove away,

heading across the pond

where the sun shines all day long,

where they could say and do whatever they like,

firing their grapes of wrath back home

whenever they feel they are being ignored

Woke

I’m woke (whatever that means?)

Because I spoke against women getting groped.

Because some conservative bloke

didn’t want things to change, he hoped,

I can only think that’s what he hopes.

They say I’m woke, because I want to stop bigots who spoke,

and homophobes who fear a manly grope, 

they can only hope, because there’s not much hope of that,

you’re ugly and fat, probably with hair on your back.

I’m woke because conserves don’t see anything but white,

this is despite, us all coming in every colour under the sun,

I have no idea where such thoughts begun?

I’m woke because other people can’t think, and they say awful things with a nod and a wink, not understanding why such words stink.

 

I’m woke because I call out conservatives bigoted speech, which they say is free,

it’s my speech with which they don’t agree,

the irony is not lost on me.

 

But mostly I’m woke, because conservatives need an enemy against which to lay their ideas about nothing, scared of changes, and society becoming something their 10 year old selves won’t ever understand.

Something Has To Change

To the antivaxxers,

the covid non believers,

the conspiracy theorists,

the climate change deniers,

the end of timers,

and the flat earthers,

for god’s sake,

so many fuckwits,

so little time.

So much global warming 

cooking their brains,

so much conservative policy

leaving them behind,

too many algorithms 

putting so few ahead.

Back on your meds, people

before you bring all of us down.

Something has to change

before democracy falls over dead.

French Cuisine

Cough, cough

Splutter, splutter,

You’d taste even better

Covered in butter.