by Ivory Web | Jun 16, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
the hole in the universetoday i read in the newspaperthat scientists have discovered 6 billion trillion miles of emptiness out in space & how they are puzzledby the whole thingwhile i sit with a cigarette in handlooking up at the dark skysending my meek smoke...
by Ivory Web | Jun 14, 2008 | Word & Image
You need to be following current affairs in the UK at the moment to appreciate this visual pun. In particular, the resignation from Parliament of Tory MP David Davies, who is now casting himself as an unlikely successor John Hampden (look him up on Wikipedia) as a...
by Ivory Web | Jun 13, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Dining Out“Do you want me to call an ambulance?” The chubby manager of the all you can eat restaurant is seated on the floor next to Peter, the elderly patron, who’s barely had time to settle at the table waiting with his wife, Clara, while their two nieces have...
by Ivory Web | Jun 12, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
SOBER OR MISSED the first two peopleI spoke to in the pubtonightwere so drunkthat when they spokethey spat all over me the third personwas either soberor missed ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ QUIET MAN ninety per centof whatmost people sayis...
by Ivory Web | Jun 11, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
This was the sixth Doctor’s surgery he was visiting that week. Harold had long ago resigned himself to the fact he had a problem. That he savoured the pleasure of sitting around, observing the infirm. Usually after a couple of hours of avoiding the...