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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Sold out January 25, 2021
Verse 64 January 24, 2021
Picking and choosing January 24, 2021
Still sober January 23, 2021
Own goals January 23, 2021
Chalk one up January 23, 2021
Sharing the joy January 22, 2021
In the den January 21, 2021
The cull January 21, 2021
Rollin’ January 21, 2021
In the black forest chateau January 20, 2021
Always 50/50 January 20, 2021
Stingrays January 20, 2021
Old soaks and odd socks January 19, 2021
Storms brewing January 19, 2021
Unrelated January 19, 2021
Self fulfilling prophecy January 18, 2021
Fact January 17, 2021
Zebelon 5 January 17, 2021
Connecting January 17, 2021
Nods off occasionally January 16, 2021
The ants in amber January 16, 2021
Backlit January 15, 2021
The doling out queue January 15, 2021
The Phoenician and the fixer January 14, 2021
Furloughed January 14, 2021
What we do January 14, 2021
Whistles January 14, 2021
Bendy toys January 14, 2021
Ivy growing up the wall January 13, 2021
Brooding January 12, 2021
Itchy fingers January 12, 2021
My new year and resolution January 11, 2021
Elbowed January 10, 2021
In a bombshell January 10, 2021
The vapours January 10, 2021
The blue prince January 10, 2021
Saturday arrived January 9, 2021
East London walkabout January 8, 2021
The lighthouse keeper January 8, 2021
The three R’s January 7, 2021
Tamed January 6, 2021
That January 6, 2021
..thankful for… January 6, 2021
Electric symphony January 5, 2021
List #2468 January 5, 2021
The third light January 5, 2021
Cuttings January 5, 2021
Another pickle jar January 4, 2021
Economics #101 December 18, 2020
Small December 17, 2020
Making the point December 16, 2020
Cue music December 16, 2020
The interruption December 16, 2020
Tuesday in Tooting December 15, 2020
Automatic spin December 14, 2020
Iffy December 14, 2020
Light sleeper December 14, 2020
The breaking of Baxter December 13, 2020
Coins in the fountain December 13, 2020
Last night December 13, 2020
In a town out East December 12, 2020
Just this December 12, 2020
Break a leg December 12, 2020
Period December 11, 2020
Half-pint harp December 11, 2020
Do it now December 10, 2020
Sometime when December 10, 2020
More from misery guts December 10, 2020
Money markets December 10, 2020
Nil points December 9, 2020
Lighting the burner December 9, 2020
Half past fifteen o-clock December 8, 2020
Roaming December 8, 2020
The broker December 7, 2020
Pinocchio nose December 7, 2020
Kings and cutthroats December 6, 2020
Mills and men December 6, 2020
Said every Italian ever December 5, 2020
Songs December 5, 2020
Later than we think December 5, 2020
Losing it December 5, 2020
Stressed December 4, 2020
Lonesomer pine December 4, 2020
Vacancy December 4, 2020
That time again December 3, 2020
When people get older December 3, 2020
Because Thursday December 3, 2020
Drifts in the wind December 2, 2020
In the spirit of.. December 2, 2020
Foxhole December 2, 2020
Lights on December 2, 2020
When there is too December 1, 2020
Meaner streets December 1, 2020
Casino November 30, 2020
I always think that November 29, 2020
The river bank plc November 28, 2020
The A-frame architect November 28, 2020
It comes to this November 28, 2020
Smelling salts November 28, 2020