Archive for September, 2009

September 27, 2009

The Bell Jar

By in observation

It’s  classic science experiment. It’s the one you learn before they show you the Vandegraff generator and how to light a fluorescent tube using 7 ‘volunteers’ from the class. It’s a mystery how we survived secondary modern science. It’s not a mystery why as a species we wont survive much longer. Just as the candle […]

September 27, 2009

The meaning of life

By in theory

Through whatever diversion of the species along Darwin’s walk DNA persists. To think of human beings as the pinnacle of evolution is I believe missing the point. The reality of every creature’s life and ours is simply to carry a message. And what better way to ensure the message persists through time than to spread […]

September 27, 2009

Steel

By in poetry

Steel rails flash past. Nothing moves.

September 27, 2009

Starlings

By in poetry

Starlings swarm in the growing gloom like iron filings tipped across the sky.

September 27, 2009

Crewe

By in poetry

The cold air of Crewe railway station, platform eight, suffocates the lonely. Isolated couples consolidate heat in a loving embrace. Christ it’s grim. A graveyard to steam.