2340 - Speed of thought

Last night I played along to a disco
Compilation full of boogie basslines
Then moved on to light classics, seemed to go
Well enough, so tried some Wagner, the times
I'd listened to it paying off bigtime
Can play almost anything live now, but
I still don't know what I can do next time
I take a stage, and maybe I will not
Ever square that circle, but I'm quite hot
On the guitar now, and that's great to know
Regular practice is the key, my mind
Able to think and fingers follow - that
Is what I want. Or can my fingers go
Faster than my mind.... or than others' minds?

2339 - A farewell to weak arms

A new press-ups record since I started
On December 20th with three
Now I can do twenty-four. Excited
By this, and my arms support my body
Fully, real press-ups, no resting on knee
Stomach muscles coming on, getting hard
Though hard to see through my podgy belly
Podgy that is to younger days compared
Removing fat piled on last year like lard
From a pig isn't so easy, but it
Should be possible in time, and to see
New tattoos in that area. Can afford
Two representing where I visited
Last year - Denmark and Sweden - post-payday

2338 - Misty grey

I always enjoy January's end
The light returns, though the cold wind persists
Light and temperature may be on the mend
But let's not expect a summer sun-kissed
Such things are long gone, and so sadly missed
All we have to look forward to is rain
Yes, the same thing we had as autumn mist
That soaked the land, killed crops and flooded drains
For the foreseeable, the rain remains
All we have as it warms over the pond
Produces cumulus to get us pissed
Off and pissed on. Don't wonder at our groans
Would going abroad be some kind of end?
Yet somehow, I think this place would be missed

2337 - Great British cuisine

What have they done to the rain? Didn't fall
Quite as forecast. Finished 'Great British Wit'
(Though I didn't get Great British wet...), all
Ready to read the even larger script
Of another comedic history hit
'1000 Years of Annoying the French'
Over seventy pages read - yes, it's
Nice, light reading, set to the mystic crunch
Of beans on toast, cheese and Marmite sandwich
Or some just as incomprehensible
(To foreigners) British snack they think shit
Most of my fridge contents they wouldn't pinch
And I'm glad about that, I can reveal
Listening to soul, then guitar practice treat

2336 - Ten years after

A good day, avoiding the worst weather
Though windy and quite cold, poor young Josie
Buttoned up her coat far as it let her
And off to Manchester to find birthday
Presents for her, as she's ten on Thursday
Can't afford a netbook, mini i-Pad
Even in Argos, too costly for me
So me and Tania will save, get a good
Small computer for Josie just around
Summertime. Strangely Josie's now cheaper
Choice was football boots (with studs). When will she
Really use them? In her garden, she said
I'm excited she's ten, youngest daughter
Third of three kids in my great family

2335 - Highway to hell

After the snow, the rain, but tomorrow
Some sun when I'm out with little Josie
The weather brings trouble in one long flow
Last night the M6 stopped car and lorry
In their frozen tracks all night long - that's the
Worst trip ever, hardly Midnight Express
It's been OK today, but there will be
A downpour overnight - well, that is less
Annoying than rain all day long, I guess
Can't sledge with Jo this week, the melted snow
Has gone to meet its ancestors gladly
In snow heaven, that poetic concept
Of some also long gone poet. Brain's slow -
Used it this morning on new comedy

2334 - Putting on the Ritz

A long day, although I woke up quite late
Caught up at work with work I had to do
Then at five, down the pub to meet some mates
Good chat and several pints on, time to go
Thread through the snowy streets, find my way to
The Ritz to see the Hawkwind gig. Not sure
When the support band stopped, but stood next to
The mixing desk and saw the set list, saw
Titles I didn't know, realised the four
Or five guys on stage were Hawkwind, with great
Looking female dancers dressed to make you
Keep watching, fantasy costumes. Encore
Brought Damnation Alley, and while not late
Finished with Silver Machine - whoop de do!