My Brother, the Handsome One. He who lays rotting in the ground these past 13 years. He had the truth of it. The bitter truth that now, as he damn well prophesied when liquored up and popular on pay-day, has eventually come to pass… His last words to me, upon this cursed Earth, while he […]
Someone had to open their mouth Someone had to display courage Someone had to care enough Not to let anything die That had a fighting chance to live Someone had to roll up their sleeves Grit what remains of their dogged teeth In a world weary skull Flex their lean muscled forearms And engage in […]
There are all kinds of abuse, within a marriage. Physical violence is the one that gets all the media/social attention and vilification. Domestic violence seems to monopolise the public consciousness, when discussion of matrimonial malfeasance arises. I submit to you there is a cruelty equally malevolent, with nowhere near the same ‘airtime’ given. Emotional cruelty. Our parental […]
My Father’s Mother and Father were a cunt and a weakling, respectively. I’ll let that statement sink in for a second, then I’ll explain… My Grandmother was a demon; a bitter selfish demanding harridan who terrorised her husband, upon his return from being a prisoner of war (yeah, exactly) and her three kids. Grandad on […]
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