Blast from the past

'The Ex'

She's received her visa to the United States.

I get my Atlas, permanent marker pen

and add New Jersey to my axis of evil.

9th January 2005, The Free World

'Nine'

You distracted me today

with a memory that won't go astray

- creamy coffee ripping Egyptian cotton,

leading to twilight machinations

that won't be forgotten.

But mostly, I remember the

screaming and shouting

of colossal marital adversity.

I wish you a happy anniversary.

31st March 2005, Elsewhere