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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People I knew March 31, 2020
Want March 31, 2020
Bluer Peter March 30, 2020
Long weights March 30, 2020
The seven minute lemon March 29, 2020
Something in the air March 29, 2020
The book of ruminations March 29, 2020
Lockdown March 28, 2020
The newer Jerusalem March 28, 2020
Terminates at positive March 27, 2020
Tuned in March 27, 2020
The Corona chronicles March 27, 2020
Hot water bottle March 26, 2020
The eighth green bottle March 26, 2020
Ink splatter March 26, 2020
Tombs March 25, 2020
Mariners and mermaids March 25, 2020
A portion of apportioning March 25, 2020
Revolutions per mind March 25, 2020
Sketching March 24, 2020
Miami blue March 24, 2020
Half forgotten memory March 23, 2020
Some people March 23, 2020
Pancakes for breakfast March 23, 2020
Heaven is busy, please call again later March 22, 2020
It always begins at the end March 21, 2020
Real time March 21, 2020
n.n.n.n nineteen March 21, 2020
Socially disconnected March 20, 2020
Isolation March 20, 2020
Unexpected in the bedroom March 20, 2020
For the foreseeable future March 20, 2020
Bellyache March 19, 2020
The augmented reality March 19, 2020
‘Titus’ Oates March 19, 2020
Baltic post March 18, 2020
Thinks in silence March 18, 2020
Hard times March 18, 2020
Clementine’s gold March 18, 2020
Swivels March 17, 2020
Isolated March 17, 2020
Arts and art March 16, 2020
Help is coming March 16, 2020
Padded March 16, 2020
Seagulls playing chicken March 16, 2020
Just the ticket March 16, 2020
Wafer thin walls March 16, 2020
Spring clean #64 March 16, 2020
The truth is pliable March 15, 2020
Shopping! what shopping? March 15, 2020
Notice on the door March 14, 2020
Socially adept March 13, 2020
Time for a Martini March 13, 2020
The cuckoo March 13, 2020
Them March 13, 2020
Another old chestnut March 12, 2020
Charity case March 12, 2020
Too much caffeine March 12, 2020
Instinct March 11, 2020
Goodnight Vienna March 10, 2020
South Shields 1963 March 10, 2020
More than March March 10, 2020
Blending in March 9, 2020
Talks to himself March 9, 2020
Hobbies March 9, 2020
Behavioural therapy March 9, 2020
The roundabout March 8, 2020
That lady March 8, 2020
11:55pm March 8, 2020
A collection of cobwebs March 8, 2020
Dearly beloved March 8, 2020
Slightly tired March 8, 2020
Soul food March 7, 2020
Final words ( for Friday ) March 6, 2020
Ex-directory March 6, 2020
Cancels subscription March 6, 2020
The news March 6, 2020
Dressings March 5, 2020
Gabriel’s game March 5, 2020
The river sulks March 5, 2020
Measures March 4, 2020
Alcohol rub March 4, 2020
Not quite the series finale March 3, 2020
Gamma wave March 3, 2020
Talking to Moses March 2, 2020
Just supposing you took it March 2, 2020
Downfall March 2, 2020
Love March 1, 2020
A sounder mind March 1, 2020
Marching along March 1, 2020
Plains March 1, 2020
When it’s almost the sabbath February 29, 2020
..that is the question.. February 29, 2020
Single cells February 29, 2020
Factored in February 29, 2020
As the rain falls February 29, 2020
How it begins February 29, 2020
Two degrees February 27, 2020
Light entertainment February 26, 2020
Last seen heading…. February 26, 2020