Not Worth Talking About for two weeks I have considered the fall and curl of your hair as fragrant comment, a hint of lost enthusiasm trying to grow to me now you tie your hair back in a bun your eyebrows are sad caterpillars aimed at me this is the beginning of obsession and you […]

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Threesome in the beginning it was a way of filling gaps in the conversation he’d lost interest in her pottery she in his poetry they both adored Felicity she wasn’t interested in anything John Ellison Davies Mistakes I have been counting the mistakes in my life I count eight big ones between 1970 and 1980 […]

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Nearly There pronouncing his own name he sounds doubtful   his explanations are one degree more fluent than a stammer   he always gets it wrong too casual, too possessive too weak, too strong too early, too late   how can I tell him he’s almost got it right?   John Ellison Davies

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I did not notice him at first. My nerves, after a difficult lunch with a Korean delegation, were not at their elastic best. I wanted to get out, away from difficult questions, far from work. Of course that was not possible. I would return to my office. Lunch tomorrow would be much the same. The […]

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To the Legislators I, the people, have waited patiently   I gave you my vote and you conspired against me, my friends, family and children   I revoke your power   I, the people, may govern myself in any way I choose   you are dismissed   you will not be forgiven but you will […]

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