lakinbob : Writing

The fish shop

The fish shop

A Story by lakinbob


Her finger is curled as if she is beckoning me. Gold ring and red polished nail, the flesh blackened and bloodied, but it's just an arm. Where is the ..
Warbird

Warbird

A Poem by lakinbob


07:55 a.m. deep in Oxfordshire; in-country, as it were.They start early here, the twitchers and the ramblers,be-gaitered, be-sticked, armed with binoc..
Adopting a Snow Leopard

Adopting a Snow Leopard

A Poem by lakinbob


Just a bit of a rant
Poor old Lambkin

Poor old Lambkin

A Poem by lakinbob


Life can be s**t.
Trucks heading East

Trucks heading East

A Poem by lakinbob


Croatia, December, 1991.Twelve hours non-stop across forgotten frontiers,that echo with the hollow cries of peopletrapped inside a world of broken dre..
Anarchists supermarket

Anarchists supermarket

A Poem by lakinbob


White man in Hammersmithis reduced to canned muzak these days,absent-mindedly hummed toin aisle three,whilst checking outthe buy one get one free.Look..
Hole in the wall

Hole in the wall

A Poem by lakinbob


Man...parks car,stops engine,goes to ATM,pats pocket,left card at home.starts car,runs out of petrol,pats pocket,mobile phone at home with card.F**k i..
Size isn't everything

Size isn't everything

A Poem by lakinbob


Numbed after the funeralshe went back home alone.To search the clutter of a man now deadand clean out the trash in his garden shed.Jamjars, cigar boxe..
Pinned

Pinned

A Poem by lakinbob


She selected her coat with care,blue it was, her favourite colour,just like the sky.She wore the butterfly brooch,the one from the charity shop,gaudy ..
Incarcerated in Athens

Incarcerated in Athens

A Poem by lakinbob


Six months for defendingmyself; or put another way;beating the s**t out ofa couple of bouncers.They started it your honour,I told the judge, I just fi..