Hard times

For the unlucky
who are
evicted from flats
kicked out of rooms
because they can’t
pay the rent
the workhouse looms.

Dickensian rules apply.

© 2020, John Smallshaw.

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The Taiwanese tapes July 12, 2020
Tea time July 12, 2020
The flash cube July 12, 2020
A recent survey July 12, 2020
10 green bottles July 11, 2020
Sons of social media July 10, 2020
Done and we are July 10, 2020
Plutonium utopia July 10, 2020
Counting ducks July 10, 2020
Dragons dancing in the sky July 10, 2020
Paper cuts July 9, 2020
The meadow July 9, 2020
Random #72 July 9, 2020
Summer without the rain July 9, 2020
The instability factor July 8, 2020
The expressions of mute swans July 8, 2020
Does it even look like you? July 7, 2020
Windblown July 6, 2020
More pain July 4, 2020
Eye level July 4, 2020
Figures of eight July 4, 2020
Double six July 3, 2020
Masks July 3, 2020
Pip July 2, 2020
The wheel of fortunes July 2, 2020
Blue ridges July 2, 2020
Low key June 30, 2020
Going shopping June 30, 2020
Hey Presto June 30, 2020
Sixties June 29, 2020
The wool winder June 29, 2020
Far flung or as far as you can fling. June 29, 2020
Killing it June 29, 2020
Flame out June 29, 2020
A lot of it about June 28, 2020
With ketchup? June 28, 2020
What crisis? June 28, 2020
Organ grinders and cannon fodder June 27, 2020
The observation ward June 27, 2020
Tight corners June 26, 2020
Electrically charged particles June 26, 2020
Random #31 June 25, 2020
Empty vessels June 25, 2020
..and so it goes on June 25, 2020
South Park secrets June 24, 2020
When things go bump June 24, 2020
Live bait June 24, 2020
Happy Wednesday June 24, 2020
The boredom bite June 23, 2020
Random #17 June 23, 2020
Monitor June 23, 2020
45 revolutions June 22, 2020
Failing June 22, 2020
The silences within June 22, 2020
Weekly June 22, 2020
The longest day? June 22, 2020
Unlocking the lockdown June 22, 2020
Happy places in Hades June 22, 2020
Limits June 21, 2020
Victoria June 21, 2020
On repeat June 21, 2020
10 lines June 20, 2020
The laughing of Loki June 20, 2020
Chrome lens June 20, 2020
Not Donne June 19, 2020
This place June 19, 2020
Crash on demand June 18, 2020
Syphoning cyanide June 18, 2020
Fools Gold June 18, 2020
Salt in the wound June 18, 2020
Epilogue June 17, 2020
That Wednesday thing June 17, 2020
Page 3 June 17, 2020
Events June 16, 2020
Regime change June 15, 2020
Finally June 14, 2020
The pressure gauge June 14, 2020
Suburban Saturday June 13, 2020
The loft June 13, 2020
Full beam June 13, 2020
Halfway house June 12, 2020
Anchored June 12, 2020
Four wheeler June 12, 2020
Silver bullet June 12, 2020
Protect me with a serum June 11, 2020
Heist June 11, 2020
Action, sometime soon June 11, 2020
Wtf part 54 June 10, 2020
On a full stomach it’s easier June 10, 2020
Not cricket June 10, 2020
Letters from Limoge June 10, 2020
The doctor and his notes June 9, 2020
Sunny snaps June 9, 2020
Hands up if you know the answer June 9, 2020
Brambleberry jam June 8, 2020
Mary Popkins June 8, 2020
One more day to kick our heels June 8, 2020
Hamlets June 7, 2020
At the cafe June 7, 2020
Letters to the editor #1 June 6, 2020