Coffee Stop

by Derek Morrison Coffee stop Energy draining Blood sugar drop Need sustaining. But table service Fulfillment slow Getting nervous Near time to go. Front of house Very chic Back of house News is bleak. Facilities no soap One shared towel Shared bugs scope Definitively foul. Reassuringly expensive Confused with quality Customers pensive Despite frivolity. Scope […]

Christmas is Cancelled

Christmas is Cancelled by Derek Morrison (2020) [To listen to this verse select below] Children are weeping Tears pour from their eyes For Santa is furloughed No time for goodbyes His elves now sell masks To passing reindeer And rumours are growing Christmas is cancelled this year. Poor taste and a fever With cough is […]

You People

by Derek Morrison You tell ‘your people’ to slow down He turned to see her wrinkled frown What ‘people’? He somewhat fazed You ‘people’ her face now blazed Her eyes had scanned his attire It was this that had set the fire His uniform was of the hated ‘others’ No individuals, just bands of brothers […]