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Monday, 28 August 2023
Il Palacio
Il Palacio (c)
By Michael Casey
I was talking to my good neighbour over the garden fence
we were discussing creosote
he'd just painted his side of the fence
and the fumes got me high but also brought back memories
from 40 or 50 years ago when I painted the garden fence
all the fences had blown down in a gale
before gales were common place
global warming and all that
but not if you are Trump who
only believes in his own hot wind
so mum had begged for floorboards from demolotion sites
the floor boards were all dumped in our back garden
mum and dad gave the crew some money for a drink
the floor boards would have been burnt or dumped
instead they were turned into alcohol
Pure Magic
so I ended up painting the fences
and my green wool jumper
forever stunk of creosote no matter how much I washed it
SO
some things leave an impression on us, if only the smell of creosote
my neighbour and his wife leave an impression of Kindness on me
which is priceless
Il Palacio refers to their back garden with all work they have done
our cat Totoro approves too
it's stunningly white, almost needing sunglasses as they sit there
in the Sunshine of their Love with family gathered around
I did ask did he strap his wife to a skateboard and drag her
so she could paint the lower border black
while he did the higher pieces
AS for the garden fence I did mention Tom Sawyer
and getting his grandchildren in height order to paint the fence
to help him along
or if he had a dog, dip creosote on tail and feed treats to the dog
then as the dog wagged its tail the fence would be painted
but the animal cruelty people will not see the joke
as everything has to be Politically Correct nowadays
A Man is a Man and a Woman is a Woman
and thank God , we all appreciate the difference
but maybe I'm classed as old fashioned
If you want old fashioned then watch
Office Romance a 1960s Russian film
it was originally watched by the cleaner
in the 1970 maybe, in China
and now in 2023 I watched it in England, last night
we are nothing if not Eclectic in our house
My Tinnitus has just kicked off again
so no kissing me on the lips
As I'm not a woman
even with my hernia bigger than some women's breasts
or maybe I'm talking footballs
as usual maybe
Life is a game of two halves, and if you don't ask you don't get
and if the ball had gone in the net it would have been a goal
And my goal is to amuse you all
In between the pain and tinnitus
What I see you get on the page
So this Summer Holiday
Teach your kids presenting
It will help them, I've spoke of it before
Maybe I'll explain tomorrow
But for now, a man has got to do what a man has got to do
Cook his own dinner, and feed the cat
before watching a Kdrama
about a Vet who feels bums, as a way of seeing the past
Kdramas are the best
and Uncanny Counter 2 had me crying
But I love them so much
So call me a woman if you like
and kiss me on the lips
as Kdramas takes forever before the first kiss
Il Palacio
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