A Life: In Short

For my affections you bravely vied There was a knot between us tied. You sailed away and how I cried. Then you returned and how I sighed. * You shouted and you implied, You begged that I really tried, You were angry when I defied. * I wanted to live so I lied, And in …

My Paper Heart is Kindling

(The Beginning)   The day they bring him home All glistening, white as bone My pages quiver and moan For I know I’m a doomed old tome   “6,000 books!” I hear them say “And £100, that’s all to pay” I’d burn him if I had my way But my way’s gone, I’ve had my …