More words rhyme with “pool” than “floc”. Leading the field are cool, fool and tool, which deal quite adequately with the opposition posed by rock, stock and cock. But when you saw “FLOC !” did
Sounds that shouldn’t be thereSounds that shouldn’t be there
But they are. And cannot be denied. Yes, I did hear that strange whine from the car when I braked. But I don’t want to…my face now has a frown, my hands are gripping the
Poetry Pot-PourriPoetry Pot-Pourri
Though he did not know it Though he did not know it the beggar who crutched his way up the middle of the road in the middle of the night sounded like the electric fence
“It changed my life”“It changed my life”
“It didn’t change my life…” is an unequivocal marker. The film wasn’t great, the food didn’t awaken taste buds, the date’s not going to lead to another. “It changed my life…” sounds more dramatic and
A dream of realityA dream of reality
Before I forget, the recollection of a dream. I walk down the passage to where my wife sleeps; she is in the kitchen at the moment. As I approach her door I feel the presence
The hinge to this worldThe hinge to this world
A paradox: people see common things as precious. Every human being, for example, thinks and feels him or herself to be special, regardless of the fact that more than seven billion others think and feel
One man finds his workOne man finds his work
I was never going to make it at school. In the 1940s, when I was being shoved into grey flannel trousers and white shirt, one was either slow or bright. According to my teachers I
5 Words5 Words
Had someone said,” You’re going to meet triage today…”, I would have imagined that an encounter with a sultry French lady, not a sign in bold red lettering on a wall of the emergency room
The Sting OperationThe Sting Operation
Were you not to have a “good reason” to kill a German wasp, you could be fined up to R800,000. But that’s in Germany where all wild life is protected – here I am encouraged
Light from the Dark RoomLight from the Dark Room
Though young boys are usually intrigued by places “out of bounds”, this did not apply to the Dark Room down the corridor from our dormitory. If one chanced to glimpse its interior when members of