The answers can be found
upside down on the back of
her runaway success with the hit show
me the way to go home I’m tired and
irritable is a sign you’re likely juggling
is balance and a basic knowledge
about the issue of gun control
freak or something the way you
buried his bones at the bottom
five per cent will at some stage
The Importance of Being
bored all winter waiting for the
train was delayed so I sat frozen
chicken breasts marinated in
vino veritas so the saying goes
off intermittently at regular
appearances with their backing
down after the current prime
suspect in the case of the missing
you so much you wouldn’t
lend me a fiver till I get my new
places to discover in the centre
forward for Arsenal during the away
with his wife to some expensive
calling from a mobile when roaming
the streets don’t seem familiar
with the workings of the internal
candidates given priority over
the moon you’re all flying out
of the blue a nice long message
in a bottle must have been weeks
of waiting and not knowing
the way to a man’s heart
attack without warning signs
of recovery are clearly visible
stains on the carpet in the front
row seats at the opening
a joint bank account for the
existence of isotopes of a given
up on doing resits and dropped
his iphone in the swimming
lengths doing the crawl for six
feet down beneath the earth
and neutral wires to conductors
struggling to hit the heights
make me giddy so I avoid
her as best I can but she finds
quick summer recipe ideas
for millions of his supporters
gathered to protest against
the odds of having twins
Paul Stephenson has three pamphlets: Those People (Smith/Doorstop, 2015), The Days that Followed Paris (HappenStance, 2016), written after the November 2015 terrorist attacks; and Selfie with Waterlilies (Paper Swans Press, 2017). His debut collection Hard Drive (Carcanet, 2023) was shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award and the Polari Prize.
Website: paulstep.com / Instagram: paulstep456 /
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