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A change of frame
They’re like some alien culture’s hieroglyphs
these utility quotes, scrolling down my screen.
Fixed price or variable? TV and broadband scheme?
My eyes are stuffed but still I’m grudged to sniff
the tricks tucked in the tariffs and warily choose
which deal might steer my budget round the reef.
My parents weren’t coerced to skirt such cliffs:
back then you’d pay flat rate for ...
Sunday 21st May 2023 9:19 am
We Live in Fear
We live in fear
Of putting the electricity on
We live in fear
Of the next bill to come
We freeze in desperation
As the gas dies down
We live in fear
Of people in dinghy boats,
Though we know none of them
They make us fear…
The bus we can’t catch
The train we can’t ride in
The pub we can’t go into
Whilst they unpack
Fresh Harrods s...
Thursday 10th November 2022 11:12 am
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