Category: #100repchallenge
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#020: When we talk about reps

When we talk about putting the work in We demystify magic De-taboo the word effort Relinquish the power mistake and mediocre play In the trap door of the brain that’s lined With cinnamon sugar and your favourite re-runs And amongst all of the options available to you You choose to be here Putting that work…
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#019: Stability goes out for the eve.
Is Stability the thing we choose Or the thing with patent dress shoes on Slowly making its way towards us? Shiny Shoes slides a bar napkin inked with their number Whisper-shouting over the sounds of chaotic good “Give me a call sometime.”
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#018: No news is good news

Esperar is a perfect little word A verb collating all those little wars Between hope and expectation Including the monotony of waiting
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#017: Sunday Triolet

Who likes the cold side of the pillow? Trading comfort for ice, first thing in the morn. Is it some martyr-complex, some desire to be hero? Who likes the cold side of the pillow? Why would your overworked and underpaid cheek want to be below zero? Attack their senses at the crack of dawn. Who…
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#016: To make work for who?

To garner respect under their watchful eye He gathered the gold-rimmed dust, the dirt, the crumbs And wove them into a tapestry of pride Their glassy eyes, tumblers full of island rums . That hum of panic, soul’s departure drum will Lead one down those syncopated streets one By one, tongue to the sidewalk, sweeper…