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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Welcome to my site

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The service industry September 26, 2020
Comforts September 25, 2020
The winds blow September 25, 2020
Limited September 25, 2020
This will be a fine day September 25, 2020
Gripe September 24, 2020
The magic box September 24, 2020
New lamps for old standards September 24, 2020
Switching on September 24, 2020
The time may be right September 23, 2020
The Devil and advocate September 23, 2020
one night stands September 23, 2020
In the dream September 22, 2020
Scratch September 22, 2020
Lead weights September 22, 2020
Partial to a partial lockdown? September 22, 2020
Clocked September 21, 2020
Exploding brain September 21, 2020
From the commoner and his diary September 21, 2020
All systems go September 21, 2020
Dues September 20, 2020
In men and her eyes September 20, 2020
Sleep September 19, 2020
Now, a million years ago September 19, 2020
Sometimes school September 19, 2020
Bored September 19, 2020
…toil and trouble… September 19, 2020
On a longer list September 19, 2020
Muses for mornings September 19, 2020
Perhaps September 18, 2020
Friday September 18, 2020
…and then there were none September 17, 2020
Coitus and Covid interruptus September 17, 2020
Blood chemistry September 17, 2020
In the end September 16, 2020
The olivetti syndrome September 16, 2020
Midway September 16, 2020
Climate change September 15, 2020
Screwed September 15, 2020
Gramophonics September 15, 2020
Head full of cotton wool September 15, 2020
The little light that flickers September 14, 2020
Deeper September 14, 2020
Action September 14, 2020
Dive September 14, 2020
Falling off a log September 14, 2020
Sage and onion September 14, 2020
Life, edit #27 September 13, 2020
Samson September 13, 2020
Ace September 13, 2020
On the way September 13, 2020
The goose is getting fat September 13, 2020
Under new management September 12, 2020
At the edge of a Sun September 12, 2020
Tutleys September 12, 2020
The ghosts in my head September 12, 2020
Scribbles on a coaster September 11, 2020
Sky September 11, 2020
Botanist Bay September 11, 2020
Happy bunnies September 11, 2020
By the gallon September 10, 2020
Yachting on the Yangtze, part two September 10, 2020
Green bottles September 10, 2020
Understanding anything September 10, 2020
Earning badges September 10, 2020
Question September 9, 2020
Symptoms September 9, 2020
Did you want to too? September 9, 2020
Acorns and apricots September 8, 2020
Spitfire September 8, 2020
Yo-ho-ho September 8, 2020
Wimpy September 8, 2020
Fulcrum September 7, 2020
Reflex September 7, 2020
Manuscripts September 7, 2020
It’s a starting point September 7, 2020
Direction finder September 6, 2020
Above sea level September 6, 2020
Granpa grump September 6, 2020
Frazzled September 6, 2020
Full time September 6, 2020
Random #siren series September 5, 2020
Grace with orange sauce September 5, 2020
Subscribe now September 5, 2020
The dictionary divers September 4, 2020
Farm life September 4, 2020
The gaslight lighter September 4, 2020
Nips at heels September 4, 2020
Scrambled September 3, 2020
Midnight plus five September 3, 2020
The short version September 2, 2020
Checkout six September 2, 2020
The new Eden September 2, 2020
Bed time for old timers September 1, 2020
Burying the evidence September 1, 2020
..and repeat… September 1, 2020
On the first day September 1, 2020
Twists August 31, 2020
This life August 31, 2020
Second fleet stowaway August 31, 2020