At Capstock this last weekend when I did my performance poetry during Bob's jazz hour, a lot of folks asked me for a copy of 'Anatomy of Toast', heres the poem if you asked for it ...................

anatomy of toast

Its as if I have never held you before
Never felt your serated crust
Felt the lightness of you
Crumpled your edge like dust

Its as if I have never seen you before
Never seen your gradual burnt surface
Seen the differences
Eyed the dark and brightness

Its as if I have never touched you before
Never caressed your mottled texture
Stroked the whole of you
Noticed your lack of moisture

Its as if I have never smelt you before
Never noticed an aromas sparsity
Inhaled the little scent thats there
To delay this experience is agony

Its as if I have never placed you before
Never felt you on my tongues tip
Rolled you around in my mouth
Felt you rub against my inner lip

Its as if I have never tasted you before
Never thought of you having flavour
Dry without butter amongst my saliva
A wet and delicious thing to savour

*** END *** - See more at: http://blackdogtribe.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=224&t=18741#sthash.wWLoeXzd.dpuf

 anatomy of toast

Its as if I have never held you before
Never felt your serated crust
Felt the lightness of you
Crumpled your edge like dust

Its as if I have never seen you before
Never seen your gradual burnt surface
Seen the differences
Eyed the dark and brightness

Its as if I have never touched you before
Never caressed your mottled texture
Stroked the whole of you
Noticed your lack of moisture

Its as if I have never smelt you before
Never noticed an aromas sparsity
Inhaled the little scent thats there
To delay this experience is agony

Its as if I have never placed you before
Never felt you on my tongues tip
Rolled you around in my mouth
Felt you rub against my inner lip

Its as if I have never tasted you before
Never thought of you having flavour
Dry without butter amongst my saliva
A wet and delicious thing to savour

*** END ***

also at http://blackdogtribe.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=224&t=18741#sthash.wWLoeXzd.dpuf

anatomy of toast

Its as if I have never held you before
Never felt your serated crust
Felt the lightness of you
Crumpled your edge like dust

Its as if I have never seen you before
Never seen your gradual burnt surface
Seen the differences
Eyed the dark and brightness

Its as if I have never touched you before
Never caressed your mottled texture
Stroked the whole of you
Noticed your lack of moisture

Its as if I have never smelt you before
Never noticed an aromas sparsity
Inhaled the little scent thats there
To delay this experience is agony

Its as if I have never placed you before
Never felt you on my tongues tip
Rolled you around in my mouth
Felt you rub against my inner lip

Its as if I have never tasted you before
Never thought of you having flavour
Dry without butter amongst my saliva
A wet and delicious thing to savour

*** END *** - See more at: http://blackdogtribe.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=224&t=18741#sthash.wWLoeXzd.dpuf

anatomy of toast

Its as if I have never held you before
Never felt your serated crust
Felt the lightness of you
Crumpled your edge like dust

Its as if I have never seen you before
Never seen your gradual burnt surface
Seen the differences
Eyed the dark and brightness

Its as if I have never touched you before
Never caressed your mottled texture
Stroked the whole of you
Noticed your lack of moisture

Its as if I have never smelt you before
Never noticed an aromas sparsity
Inhaled the little scent thats there
To delay this experience is agony

Its as if I have never placed you before
Never felt you on my tongues tip
Rolled you around in my mouth
Felt you rub against my inner lip

Its as if I have never tasted you before
Never thought of you having flavour
Dry without butter amongst my saliva
A wet and delicious thing to savour

*** END *** - See more at: http://blackdogtribe.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=224&t=18741#sthash.wWLoeXzd.dpuf

Dear Local MP

This will form the basis of my 2nd letter today, started early due to insomnia .............

https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/political-and-constitutional-reform-committee-poll#petition

Local MP to be written to on the basis of a premise that most [politicians] are likely hard-working and committed to improve the lives of people in the UK but the party political system often means they can't achieve much, also concerns that for our local MP that he has put his political career above teh good of the locality.

I'm going to sit write down and write myself a letter ( not an eMail )

Today I posted on facebook ............ Okay ......... something new, or at least something that's new since 15-20 years ago. Letter Writing. I'm going to write a letter a day for the next 14 days to friends and family and maybe even a few politicians. I doubt I will blog about it BUT you never know ........

Actually I may write a couple of postcards instead of letters on a couple of days and may write poems to some folks, lets see how things develop.

So I've started something that I want to see through and maybe Iv'e got something here that I can see through and get some therapy from.  I need to feel worthwhile for all sorts of reasons and I think I have a small degree of creative bent, I'm hoping that this will give me a sense of achievement to some small degree and help with some mental health issues I have.  Let's see.

Day 1 of 14 was a private letter but maybe there will be something to say further down the line.