Size matters

We met round a table

at Marzano's in Norwich

they

organisers of an arts festival

me

a link to a possible venue

We put our red Moleskine

diaries on the table

theirs

3.5 inches by 5.5 inches

mine

5 inches by 8 inches 

A sign of the times

A guy sat on the pavement in

Norwich asked me for some

change for a cup of tea

and when I said I didn't have any

he produced a Chip and Pin machine

The Puppet Masters

Puppets don’t know
right or wrong
Puppets only sing
their master’s song

It's not warm is it

If Mimi were here now
it would be more than her tiny hand
that was frozen
I can tell you

Who goes there?

A grey afternoon

in Norwich

is it any wonder I

walked into the woman

wearing the black and white

camouflage trousers

and jacket

Sweet dreams

I dreamt of passing

a fair home

and two sisters

waved at me though

the window

and they look

happy and relaxed

and I slept soundly

New shoes

It's funny how the shoe shops

never have the style you like

in the size you want

but they always have

plenty of stuff you don't want

"Can I interest you in this 

shoe reinforcement jelly?

Smear this on and you'll

be able to plunge your shoes

into liquid nitrogen and the leather

will hardly stain, sir."

Biscuits

Shortbread

nice, but a little dry

Jam

sweet but messy

Jammie Dodgers

possibly the perfect biscuit

Absorbing shopping

I discovered a whole new

level of stationary excitement today

when I was asked

what colour blotting paper

I required

Soup

Mushroom soup

delicious

Chicken soup

even better

Chicken and Mushroom soup

I'm just not sure