up, up - and away in the manger...

I like to arrive at airports
with an hour in hand:
it's cheaper than luggage
and you can pack a lot into it...

...those nice gentlemen in customs will be none the wiser, either. All of which is a roundabout way of saying "I'm off". For around three months. As before, of necessity, radio silence will be maintained for the duration: "greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his keyboard for his friends"...

Your complete indifference is much appreciated.

Love, light and peace, x

PS: They say that you should never take anything with you that you're not prepared to lose. Good news for my mate Steve. His girlfriend's taking her virginity. Just saying.

Talking of mangers: a very premature Happy Christmas to both of you!

bottom marks...

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I don't think the cane
improved my IQ - but it
sure made my bum smart...

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('Why 'corporal' punishment?- Just the two stripes?': 17 Syllables)

poster pocalypse...

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"Keep Calm and Ignore
This Poster," it read. So I
panicked. Calmly...

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(then shouted! - discreetly)









('When confusion reigned - on the people's parade': 17 Syllables)

trying it on in the changing room...

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"One Item Only,"
read the sign. Well, Jane and I
were - so in we went...

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"Yes, we're an item. And as for changing rooms - well, they're better than changing partners"...










('Birthday suits, XXL': 17 Syllables)

a thing of beauty is a joy forever - this isn't it...

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this haiku will self-
destruct after five seconds: 
one...two...three...four...five

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From haiku to blank verse. In five seconds - flat...









('I write...I write-off': 17 Syllables)

they want to go all the way, too...

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"Men keep coming on
to me,"sobbed the bus. "I hate
being so attractive"...

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('Moving people to tears (via Clapham)': 17 Syllables)

in the force - and in their (chemical) element...

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policemen have to
be on their mettle at all
times - and it's copper...

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Cu: copper (not if I Cu first, son)









('The symbol of authority': 17 Syllables)