When the Dogs Bite

Saturday, 13 December 2025

13th December 2025

happy dogs

when the mum returns home

zoomies

On the Release of 95,000 Photographs

There is, methinks, a photograph of thou

upon the back of Daddy's bike when young

taken at thy parent's rented house but how

hard to have thy child's perfection sung.

But thou cans't remember not at all

this photo day when thou were not yet two

though thou were told 'twas thee who dids't not fall

from his BSA 350; fate was due

Some recompense for thy idyllic youth

and made you ginger and a pansy too

who desireth thou were born a girl in truth

then lost thy friends and perforce begin anew,

But in adulthood, thou remembered all thou didst

so how doth Trump forget those fiddled kids?

Friday, 12 December 2025

12th December 2025

polite lady

wheeling DK across an airport

pleasant gent

On a Return from the Continent

a foggy drive across the Dordogne moors

at six AM to board the early plane

and thou hath never trod this land before

thou vows to travel to this town again.

Though mayhap it will take thee quite some time

to build up funds thou dost need to return

thou hast shed tears for she thou left behind

and for her now a steady flame will burn.

But not th'art back in Merry England here

the cleanliness of France left far behind

and though shall walk thy dogs on streets of fear

where racist flags proclaim the common mind.

For thou will tread for now these roads of trash

whilst though build up some small reserves of cash.

Thursday, 11 December 2025

11th December 2025

morning dogs

walking past ancient walls

castle poops

Strolling through the weekly village market

in admiration of the wares on sale

while people chat and local dogs are barking

the cashpoint errors make for money fail.

A pretty poppy brooch he bought for Mother

and coffee break with pasties freshly made

among the shops set next to one another

while in the square a watery cascade.

Olives and tomato for consumption

Porcini mushrooms taken home to cook

Gala apples (one has for them, compulsion)

we skip the stall which sells only one book.

Alas, Serrano ham ignited DK furies

sliced thick and charged him twenty-four euros

Wednesday, 10 December 2025

10th December 2025

French road sign

for thirty kilometres

wifi for vehicles

How easy for thou to love thy love's love

to see why he hath given up his heart

to she who sleeps within the room above

and decorates her house with such great art.

And though the journey here took many steps

thou canst but love this small, idyllic town

where language is but barely known and yet

flows sweetly where these fields of vines are grown.

At home beloved pooch is left bereft

sans mistress and thy co-dependant friend

convinced that now abandoned she has left

but little use for food ere life will end.

But fully half thy time in France has gone

and thou'll be back at home ere week is done.

Tuesday, 9 December 2025

9th December 2025

Eymet sunshine

reflected by a plastic screen

forgotten mouse dongle

this early mist, in Frances region of Dordogne,

filled with scents of woodsmoke from the townfolk's homes

presages the sunshine of the later morn

and promises a pleasant stroll and township roam.

The house where thou art resident today

belonging to an artist of great skill

whose paintings illustrate her talents lay

in glorious abandon on each wall and sill.

Doth it bring a shame unto thy lack of work

the body of which lies dormant in thy loft

thou spends thy life in endless circle jerk

akin to men who art eternal soft.

But then she equally admires thy spattered paint

so fear thee not lest confidence be taint.

Monday, 8 December 2025

8th December 2025

Early journey

navigating the airport

French Connection

How doth thou face thine own anxiety

when faced with heinous provocation

by these Mancunian security

on the border of an island nation.

For lo! Thy suitcase travels through machines

triggers an internal X-ray screen alarm

and sends the personnel to race like queens

around what might be hidden deep within.

A weapon of illegal posing threat

secreted to cause a airline hijack try

or smuggled drugs to aid in crime or yet

an animal with which to cross a border try?

But no, 'tis just thy massive plastic cocks

packed with care within thy pants and socks.

Sunday, 7 December 2025

7th December 2025

meditation workshop

we arrive an hour late

extra stress

On the Collapse of Democracy

thy decades-long support of Labour's red

hath been betrayed by Starmer's right-wing lean

no longer will they stand by what they said

election's pledge is nowhere to be seen.

In caving to the richest bitch on earth

they pave the way for fascist trains of thought

decided that thy gender's fixed at birth

as Bible said and all the men-folk taught.

The Labour Women's Conference has ruled

transwomen be excluded from the gig

and while in power, no critiques of Jews:

Palestinian protestors in the brig.

Thou thought the People's Party would be grand

but old caucasian paedophiles still stand.