Domestic abuse

So many young and beautiful women

sparkling everywhere on TV

could make some men resent their own women

being only ordinary.

In a house across the road

there live a young woman and two young girls;

no man but also an older woman

and I asked the young woman "Is she your mother?"

"No, she's my partner."  Oh ! Touchez.

How sad for a woman to peak in beauty

only a quarter way through her life

but there is the consolation of children

hopefully when she becomes a wife.

Tweets 24

Too late. No threat.

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Winter is stalking my garden

but Summer's already gone.

Summer sunset - glowing coals.

Old and waiting to die,

life seems the dregs of a dream.

Is it just coincidence that the rise in child ADHD cases

follows the growth of 'gentle parenting' advice ?

COURTESY OF THE ROAD

Politeness can sometimes go too far

like gesturing 'thanks' to an empty parked car.

MANOSPHERE

While you may compliment a woman

a woman complements you.

OLD  FART

I'm out of place in a disco

but what would I rather see -

real young people dancing

or actors on TV ?

                                

I like those discos when the music

is catchy enough for dancing

and when the women are beautiful -

young and slim and entrancing.

I tend to note the ages of the deaths

of those that merit mention in the news

and mildly gloat over those that I've outlived

pathetically challenging the fact that I lose.

Strawbery patch

I'm pleasantly surprised to note

a rather unusual absence of slugs

while searching for any hidden fruit

(ignoring the possible presence of bugs)

by feeling 'blind' among the leaves.

But then my hand feels something soft

and moist, surely over-ripe but retrieves

the berry by squeezing  . . . I'm shocked !

It moves ! Above the leaves a head appears.

I recognise it and now it's clear -

if you want to keep your strawberries slug free,

encourage your patch to be well-frogly.