Missed calls from Vatican City — I’ve been getting a lot of international calls recently. They’ve been coming in from Germany, Moldova, Nigeria, California, and even Vatican City. All of those numbers have called me repeatedly, sometimes on several occasions in a single day. …

You sigh and turn away From the glaring screen Another week of days That you haven’t even seen. You type into the box To escape from your ennui And kill more time with videos Of what you’ll never be. You walk over to the fridge And drink to become numb The deadening…

When it’s really time to jump — I’ve had a lot of jobs since leaving university, and the longest I’ve stayed in one is just over three years. The best ten years of my ‘career’ so far, were spent working for myself. That all started when somebody at a recruitment agency was rude to me. …

Hope is essential Hope is a waste, Hope gets you drunk And lies to your face. The truth must be heard The truth must be known, Truth slits your throat And leaves you alone. You can lie to yourself You can lie there and sleep, But you’ll never get up If the lies…

Britain’s Labour party just died — The world’s sixth biggest economy is in a total mess. Food lines are getting longer every day, the gap between rich and poor is greater than any other European country except Bulgaria, and the country’s Prime Minister is throwing parties and taking selfies of himself flying fighter jets whilst the…

Life is a sink full of dishes The mess that won’t go away, A litany of unfulfilled wishes Chain of identical days. Life is the meals uneaten The effort you made that was wasted, The games that left you beaten Low hanging fruit left untasted. I remember the different stages I…