Want to contact me? flump@quadrant.xs4all.nl [Image] [Home Sweet Home] Last updated: December 5th, 1998 [Image] This is just a bit of indulgence really, coz in no way am I a great poet. I do love writing, but I haven't done any for quite a while now; so anything on these pages was probably written before I was 20, or in the case of the daft stuff (that only took a few minutes to write) in the last 2 years. I can't ascii-ise all of my work, so this page isn't at all representative of my writing! :-) :-) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) ___ _ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ ___ | | | | | / / \ | | \ | |_ / / | |\ | | \ | |_ ( ( |_| |_|/\| \_\_/ |_|_/ |_|_ \_\_ |_|-\ |_|_/ |_|_ _)_) _ _ ___ ___ _ ___ _ _ ___ | |\ | |\| | | \ | |_) | | ( ( | | | |\| / / _ |_|-\ |_| | |_|_/ |_| \ |_| _)_) |_| |_| | \_\_/ __ ,' `. /~CREME\ Remember when creme eggs were /_ _ _ \ This bloody big? |(/_(_|(_| | Somebody said in the bar with \ _| _|/ A last swirling swig _,-. `.____.' _,-' _ ) Of the beer that once marked(_.-' _.-' _ Some great passing of age _() _,-' ,-' `-. And a draw on the fag ( )/ ,~~~~. |=====| That we lit from out rage..)(/ i====i_ ( !! ) ________________ ( /)___|cccc|_)_| ! |____ ()__)____________))))) |cccc| | | `-==-' `-===-' _ _ (_) (_) _\\-//_ ,-'(o) (o)`-. __,--.(_ __' '___ ,--. |##\__/##||###||###|\__/| Remember when Asda was a |___||___||___||___||___| Vast gaping void ___|###||###||###||###||###|__Of labrynthine aisles `---'`---'`---'`---'`---' Filled with baked beans and _ , Cloyed looking aliens (_\______/_________ Humongous and scowling \-|-|/|-|-|-|-|/ And you writhed in the trolley \==/-|-|-|-|-/ All Stickey and Howling? \/|-|-|-|,-' \--|-''' ------------------------------ \_j________------------ (_) (_) o o ,-.,-. __\_/__ _\.-\ |. |.-----.| ___) ) || ? ? || Have you tried watching "Batfink" (/ o` | || ? ? || Or "Bod" now you're grown? \ | |`-----'| ,[= The heroes are twats and .--. \_, |. |_______|-' The jokes have all gone; _ | | (/ _)) When all that you wanted to be _ (_) |__| \ __.,,,o*( When you grew (_)<- _ \ || ,**********\ Was a lollipop taster or ___ (_) \ || /************\ Winnie The Pooh..... (___|-- | _.---._ _______ /,-"0"-.\ ,'_____ `. // | \\ Seems that summer's been / / / /\ \ ||9 o 3|D Account of the need / / _ / / \ \ \\ `. // To make nine till five a | | |_ | ||\| | | \`-.6.-'/ Quarter the speed... | | | /|_|| | | | `=---=' \ \ / / / / But nothing's got smaller, more naff, \ v /_____/ / or diminished `._______,' It's just the years ,-----------. crept behind, (_\UNIVERSITY \ Kicked your arse | of | And then vanished. LIFE | _ | DIPLOMA | (_/_____(*)___/ \\ )) ^ (o) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) Whatever I write, it's always quite personal, and about things I've done, or, more usually about the people I love. Sometimes it can be rather silly, as in the first poem.... or sometimes quite serious like "Sage". "Sage" is an important piece for me. It was written shortly before my grandfather died, and read at his funeral. My memories of the days I spent with him as a small child are possibly the best and warmest I have, and therefore, this page and everything on it,is for him. I love you Grumpus............... __, (__ __, __, (__ /_\, , / _, /_, __ __) / \_) \__| '\__ _( )_ ( ' ` _| ` __ (______) ^v^ _ ^V^ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ _( ) ,. _( )_ (_____) ,||||. (_____) Worked from old doors and railway sleepers ,||||||||._ This Cree slumps among the Vegetables ^V^ ||||||||||||| ^v^ Skirted with Dandelion and Speedwell |[_]|""|[_]jj. Insides pungent with black sticky Creosote @|||||o ||||`-'| Piss-pot in the corner and a Mud and Fag end floor ,v\||@@,|__|Vv|`-'| vv, ,,,"\|"""""||`---'\||/v _ _ / \ _ _ _ / \ Crouched in the back bit, fingering Silk Cut | | / \/ \/ \ | | Hoarding his Grobags and dreams and jars % | |I| || || |=o | % He listened for the quick trap of the gate % | | j_jj_jj_j | | % v % Shuffle from his hermitage, Mole-eyed V | | ||_________|| | | .:,>@<%% To lift me high above the Grasses >@<| ; | | | || || | | | | ~*~ | |% And crinkle me his smile *| |:X:| |I| || || | | | |*'|`\|/|| ~@~ * ** >X> ,||/|`|'|_| |_||_||_| |_|,||,|/ |,||Vv,`|',v`|v,||',v|'vVvvVv@@@vVw//,,vv, .-'';'-. This echoing Green was his sparring ground ,' <_,-.`. ; : ; Where horizons enircled him with familiarity) ,--,_>\_\ . \_,!,_/ , Where a day was infinity |' ( \_ | `.,' `.,' Where his furrowed brow and rooted hand |_ `-. / | / \ Held mine. And we watched the Earth spin round-. ; _(/ ~--: :--~ Till it rose above the Sun. `.( \/ ,' \ / `-....-' ,'`._ _.'`. ' / `!` \ ` ; : ; He'd thin Lettuce and with yellowed hands Hurl the Seedlings _________ onto a smouldering Heap; the Smoke twisted `._.__. `-. into fingers Toying with his figure ,--. .--,'_.-.\ \ as he bent And worked and sang (---.`v',--`' `( `. to me as best he could ,--. ,--. ,--. .--.`--'('`--'.--.__/ Of knights and vagabonds (---.`v',---)(---.`v',---) / `-. `--'`|'`--' `--'`|'`--' ,|. `---'--._ | | / ; ) -'`--`'`-._.,-'`-.,'`-._.-'_ `__.,--,-`',_.--'`-. ____ / __ \ %%(C O-O \_ {^} __/__(_ _____ And when he rested I'd push my form / \/O\// __))) Against his, and sleep with the Sun, / / \ \ (C u( His smell of Tobacco and Brylcreem and Sage( \__\_/_ )_/ _/ And think like a child that this magic \ (_ `./_( would outlast the World, and that beyond.. `--+-' ///` \\ death was taboo and so was age. \ \ \__)\ hjw \ \ \ `---._ `-----\ `---. \ `._ '//` (o) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) .-"-,-"-. .-"-,-"-. .-"-,-"-. _.-._( ).-._.-._( l o v e ).-._.-._( ).-._ .'_.-._.`. .'_.-._.-._.`.y o u.'_.-._.-._.`. .'_.-._`. ( ( `._.' `._.' `._.' ) ) ) ) ( ( .-"-,-"-. .-"-,-"-. ( ) I love your silly antics ( ) `. .' I love your funny face `. .' `._.' I love the tingles that I get `._.' ) ) Whenever we embrace ( ( ( ( ) ) ) ) I love the gentle kisses ( ( .-"-,-"-. I love the morning smiles, .-"-,-"-. ( ) I love just lying with you ( ) `. .' Doing nothing for a while `. .' `._.' `._.' ) ) I love the stupid things that ( ( ( ( I can't put my finger on ) ) ) ) Don't notice them when you're about ( ( .-"-,-"-. Then crave them when you're gone. .-"-,-"-. ( ) ( ) `. .' I don't know why I love you `. .' `._.' You drive me up the wall `._.' ) ) You tease me, rile me, drive me nuts ( ( ( ( But you love me after all ) ) ) ) ( ( .-"-,-"-. I love.... well I just love you .-"-,-"-. ( ) It's like a habit now ( ) `. .' And one that's very hard to break `. .' `._.' Don't want to anyhow. `._.' ) ) ( ( ( ( I think that what I'm trying to say ) ) ) ) In this loquatiousness ( ( .-"-,-"-. Is that I really really love you .-"-,-"-. ( ) And I think that you're the best! ( ) `. .' `. .' `._.' hjw `._.' ( ( ) ) ) ) .-"-,-"-. .-"-,-"-. .-"-,-"-. ( ( ( (_.-._( ).-._.-._( ).-._.-._( ).-._) ) `._.-._.`. .'_.-._.-._.`. .'_.-._.-._.`. .'_.-._,' `._.' `._.' `._.' (o) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) (o) (o) (o)(o) _ _ _ | | | | | | ___ | |__ ___ ___ ____ | |__ ___ | | / _|| _ \ / _ \ / _| / _ || _ \ / _ \ | | ----( (_-| |-\ |( (_) )( (_-( (_| || |-\ |( (_) )| |------ \___||_| |_| \___/ \___| \____||_| |_| \___/ |_| /) (\ *happy sigh* ((,,,)) / ,//((((((\\. I've always been addicted ((( ^ ^ ))) To chocolate in all forms )))) - (((( I know it's really wicked but (()(\ )-( /))() I've fallen for its charms. ))))/`-\~\'(((( ((( \/==\_\ <---- cadbury's { `. `-j \ |\__/ \__/| |__________| I just can't get my fill of ) ( That sweetly sticky stuff ( . )<--flump's It makes me go all flabby but |`--------'|choccy belly I just can't get enough |-' L `-| _____________,-,_ _ _ See, when outside it's freezing |____ { {]_]_] [_] And inside you're all blue |___ `-----.__\ \_]_]_ . ` When the day won't go your way | `-----.____} }]_]_]_ , Only chocolate will do |_____________/ {_]_]_]_] , ` `-' .-----------. |.---------.| _ _ || || ______ {>|_|<} )\ ||_________|| (_____()8oo. (__) ;-----------; I've tried all sorts of chocolate .':O8OoOo8oo.'| White, and milk and plain - .';OoO8oO8oo.' / From every place and country - |"""""""""""| / Belgian, Swiss and Mayan. |__BonBons__|/ ( ) ; And then there's chocolate coatings ;)( ; On nuts and creams and fudge :----: o8Oo./ Not to mention cocoa pops C|====| ._o8o8o8Oo_. And sweet hot chocolate sludge | | \========/ `----' `------' __________ | / j |/ /_\ If it's chocolate I'll eat it | |"""| It gives me such a buzz | |---| There is no drug to beat it | `-.-'<-. Would I take it if there was? | ) | | ( cocoa infusion `. ` \/ ! \/ , .' I fear that this addiction > _ _ <- Is never going to stop - > |_)_ |_)| < - I eat so many choccies _ > .| (_)| o. <- That one day I'm going to pop! ' \ ` _ ' > /\ > /\ . .' ! : ` _,-. .' _ \ ,' (_) \_ _.-|`-._ \""--._ .' .-(=._ `-._ \""-. `. What I need is exercise / / | `=. `-._\ \ \ And something that will take | | `-._ `=._ | . | | My mind off all these thoughts of chocs \ \ ;' .,`--._ `=| ' / / And 'Death By Chocolate Cake'..... `._``--..._____`--'-''_.' `--.._________..--' .-. .-. ,ooO()/ ) ( \()Ooo. _____ ...Something just as satisfying | ) | ( ) | ( | <_____> That burns off calories too.... | ( | \ / | ) | / ___ \ A comfy bed - and nutella spread \ ) \_ __) (__ _/ ( / |-' `-| And a chocolate coated you! `-' .ooO() ()Ooo. `-' |nutella| -----------------------------------------------------------|`-...-'|-- hjw `=====' [Image] Copy freely, but please leave If you want to contact me, [(TOP)] my initials in place! e-mail me at [Image] All art was made by Flump. flump@quadrant.xs4all.nl.