• MELKSHAM UNDER 12’S, 1996 – JUNIOR CHRIS-CROSS QUIZ
    I heard on the radio today That the entire Melksham Under 12 Football Team Has the same first name; They are called Christopher. What are the implications of this? Is it confusing if the referee takes someone’s name? What do the parents shout from the touchline? How does Chris know who to pass to When […]
  • The Human Race
    In the race For success In football, Remember That there is Only one race, But the prize is Cosmopolitan.
  • Spenser Prior explores the Relationship between Language and Logic
    Prior Prior, A Priori, Post Prior, A Posteriori, But Prior Prior There is no Prior, Q.E.D. dee dee dee.
  • Bored
    The pub door sign said “Bored People are Boring” – An arresting image of bored people snoring In exponential ennui, “You were boring first.” “No, I wasn’t.” “O.K. Then it was me. But you were boring second, so you are most to blame.” And on and on it escalates onto a tiresome plane, A dialectic […]
  • What Now?
    What Now? What now, now that the ball is over? What now, now that the season is a fading memory, A mildewed basket of last year’s harvest-hopes? What now at 3 o’ clock on these long Saturday afternoons – Motor racing, meaningless, interminable, cricket scores, Westerns, Perry Mason, athletics, more motor racing, Golf, tennis, yet […]