John Bartholomew

John Bartholomew Jul 2020

Do animals believe in reincarnation
To come back as an army of ant's
And conquer this land as our reclamation

Do dog's wonder who picks up our daily poo
Who walks behind us everyday
And cleans us up all shiny and new

Do birds start to think why we don't ever fly
Just all walking around and driving our cars
Whilst leaving the clouds alone in the sky

I do wonder a lot of things in life as I look up to the sky,
As when I do meet my maker I'll have a list
Number one, please tell me God
As we've always wondered,
Just why, why, why?

JJB

John Bartholomew Jul 2020

I wonder

Do animals think of reincarnation
To come back as an army of ants
Or its just us,
The selfish, we want more
Than this two legged, I rule this world,
Sensation 🤔

John Bartholomew Jun 2020

Thought to Life

Sometimes I would love to drill into the side of my head
Attach a tube to the hole and watch it pour with the things that I said
See the dreams I could never explain come to life now away from my bed
And watch them live a new life now my thoughts are buried and dead

JJB

John Bartholomew Jun 2020

Tea

A thousand thoughts
I don't know where to begin
Let's simplify this conundrum
Stop
Think
Kettle on
Breathe
A cup of tea
Always the best beginning
Simplicity itself
Tea.
OK,
Lets begin...

JJB

Where there’s tea there’s hope - Arthur Wing Pinero

I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea - Fyodor Dostoevsky

A cup of tea would restore my normality - Douglas Adams

John Bartholomew Jun 2020

Lockdown lazy blues

3 months off and what did you do -

Learn Spanish?
Tile the bathroom?
Write that great novel you always said?
Rekindle lost love over the net?
Learn how to bake like the rest of the gang?
Its what we all do, it seems everyone can!

No

No I didn't

I watched box sets on Netflix and just got fat

Proper fat

JJB

John Bartholomew Jun 2020

Of Course/Off Course

Of course/on course
Swedish girl/slightly Norse
**** voice/mildly hoarse
Hotel in the mountains/Cornish tors
Didn't take long/knickers to floor
Passion intensified/not the usual chores
Way too pretty for this noise/Christ she could snore
Got to know her/a right ****** bore
A quick go too/not feeling sore
We often stray of course/off course

JJB

John Bartholomew Jun 2020

Still Alive

I wonder how,
Seriously,

The people you've *******
The drugs you sniffed and coughed
The cars you've driven and not even bought
The red lights you jumped and not even caught
The guys who's girls you've kissed behind their backs
The girls who said come again and back to their sack
The arrogance of a man you just knew he could
The luckiness he exhumed when he knew that he would

As he takes it for granted and all in his stride
And this is the surprise that he really is,

Still Alive

JJB