The Man the Mess Made
I come from nowt fancy, no silver spoon, no soft start, just bills on the side, cheap tea, and people with tired hearts. Working family blood, where love showed up rough, where…
When the Jobs Ran Out
Four weeks since we said goodbye, and still I haven’t learnt to cry. The forms are done, the calls have stopped, your house is cleared, the keys are dropped. I’m sat here…
The Flatcap Comeback
Well, look at me, I’m grinning again, After love went bad and life went bent. Long term relationship, long fucking fall, Years in a home that stopped feeling like mine at all.…
Built Like a Comeback
I look at the world like a dodgy old van, if it rattles too loud, I’ll still make a plan. Bit of tape, bit of swearing, bit of stubborn pride, then I’ll…
The Man at the Bottom of a Bottle
I don’t usually write when the JD gets loud, when Mary Jane sits with me and the smoke hangs like a crowd. Most nights it’s just a line, a verse, some thought…
I’m Old School
I’m an old school bloke, or I try to be, anyway. Depends who you ask, some would say I’m just a pain. I can be a cunt. I know that. No point…
Built From Hard Stuff
I wasn’t built from easy days, I’ll admit, life took one look at me and said, yeah, he can have all of it. Left school with bugger all, no grades, no grand…
The Heart They Said Was Clear
We found out when it tried to kill my brother, a Marine, fit as fuck, built to last. One minute strong, next fighting his own heart, family genetics moving fast. Then my…
The Women I Couldn’t Love Properly
I was seventeen when the kids mum came in, too young for the life already beginning. Within months there was a baby on the way, and I knew right then I weren’t…
The Caged One’s Still Awake
2am Monday morning, smashed and half folded, eyes like piss holes, brain overloaded. About to hit bed, but I don’t feel like me, like my head’s left the room and my body’s…