Death
Loss
Failure
Collapse
Disintegration
Breakdown
Crash
Collide
Smash together

Destroy, Collectively…

Destroy
Obliterate
Reduce to nothing

Shrink, Nobody…

Shrink
Disappear
Evaporate
Dissolve
Soften
Alleviate
Ease
Effortlessness

Nobody
Not a soul
No essence
No real meaning

Collectively
In a group
In a crowd

Nobody
Not a soul
No essence
No real meaning…

Birth
Dawn
Sunrise
Morning
First light

Opening, Radiance…

Opening
Opportunity
Chance
Ability
Gift
Contribution
Role
Character
Quality
Excellence
Brilliance
Radiance (what a coincidence…)

Radiance
Happiness
Bliss
Paradise
Joy
Elation
Euphoria
Ecstasy

Life
Existence
Being
Person
Self
Nature
Environment
Atmosphere
Feeling
Sensation
Awareness
Consciousness
Realization
Understanding
Indulgence
Generosity
Big heart

Sky
Atmosphere
Environment
Surroundings
Ambience
Air
Sky
The skies
The sky
The atmosphere
The feeling
The emotion
The passion
The obsession
The fascination
The charm
The magic
The enchanting
The delightful
The wonderful
The breathtaking
The awe-inspiring
The overwhelming
The overpowering
The uncontrollable
The out of control

In distant dreams
There's a man
Arms outstretched
Flying in slow motion
Towards an infinite deep red sky
Evening
Morning
Forever
Something
deep
deep
down

I am eating strawberries and raspberries.
They taste delicious,
Amazing,
Like an orgasm in my mouth.

If I lived on a fruit farm,
I would be perfectly happy,
Permanently sitting in a field of sunshine
Just eating fruit all the whole damn day long, yes.

The only problem is, maybe I would turn into a raspberry?
Well, at least that's what my mum used to say to me about fruit.
"You'll look like an orange soon
If you keep eating all those oranges!
Leave some for someone else, you greedy pig!"

But
Just
Imagine

If the whole world was nothing but fruit and humans!
But also cute cats – we can't leave them out, no!
We'd need cute cuddly things
To tickle in the evenings
And make us feel needed in the mornings
In case everyone else goes away.

Oh, and also hang-gliders,
So we could fly around in the sky,
Just flying around half the day
Way up in the big blue sky
Above all the fruit
And the hills and the trees
And we'd be like, "Hey, look at all that fruit!"
And other similar expressions of Yesness
Such as:
"Ooh look, a big hill, with an apple tree on top!"
or
"Who grew that huge pineapple? It's amazing!"

or
"Marry me, Matilda!"
"Yes! What wedding cake are we going to have?"
"There's won't be any cake!"
"No cake?"
"No, haven't you heard?"
"Heard what?"
"They've banned everything in the universe except fruit,
But they've found a way to make an infinite supply of fruit,
And all new types of fruit,
All so amazing,
Your eyes would pop out of your head!

Oh!
So much fruit!

More fruit
Than your mouth can handle
Or your brain can understand!"

And the entire purpose of marriage
Would be to have someone your whole life
To sit and eat fruit with,
Because it would be better than sex or even dancing.

And this is the way life should be
Because at least it would save us from the situation I am now in
Where I have only 2 strawberries and 3 raspberries left
And I'm afraid to eat them
Because then they will
All be

Gone.

I knew this would end like this.
I came here for all the wrong reasons.

Stand here with me, I said,
It'll be alright.

But it wasn't.

Nothing happened,
But somehow,
Everything happened
All at once
In a flash
Of inspired perfection,

And I walked away,
Laughing

Knowing
I'd finally let go…

It didn't matter anymore.

The mind is very seductive;
It wants you to believe
Everything it says;

Like a dog, it barks
At your back door, wanting be let in
To run around
And tear the place to pieces;

And its claws
Lash out
Tearing you
And those you love
To pieces;

And it says, "I am you,"

But don't be fooled;

You're no more that barking dog
Than you are
The huge, grey rain clouds
That force you
To run outside in a panic
To get your washing in off the line.

I've waked up
In the oily owls of the Morecambe
And I carrot gate bark toe sweep,
Sew eye right this
To abuse meself.

Even if it dung make cents toe yew,
It dung matter, no, not wheely,
Beak Oz it makes eye larf.

Sometimes
I wish
I could reach up
And touch the sun
Without getting burned

An idea for a story.

Or alternatively, an actual story told using not very many words.

....

In a future world where it is illegal to be "abnormal", all people born intersex are sent to an island to keep them away from all the amazing "normal" people who are far too busy having fun conforming to be distracted by anyone who doesn't conveniently fit into superficial "boxes".

As the years pass, a real sense of community emerges on the island. Those that are fertile in both aspects are highly valued in the intersex society, as they are considered the most useful to the collective survival of the island's people, compared to those intersex people who are deformed in a less useful way, for example having a vagina with a clitoris the size of a penis but no testicles, or having a normal penis and testicles but also fully formed breasts. Over time, due to the nature of natural selection, more people are born with the natural ability to both impregnate and also become impregnated.

Meanwhile, throughout the rest of the planet, a deadly virus spreads via an epidemic of bird diarrhea, killing the entire human race. However, due to some genetic quirk, all intersex people are somehow immune to this particular virus, leaving them as the only surviving humans on the planet.

After a while, the intersex people begin to realize that no crazy "normal" people have recently been to their island to threaten them and bash them over the head with hammers to prevent them from escaping the island (as previously used to happen on a random day at least once a week). So, feeling curious, the intersex people gradually begin to venture off the island, spreading across the planet on various rafts and rudimentary boats. They pass the time by getting each other pregnant, and also by playing Monopoly.

And so, a new single-gender human race develops. Same-gender marriage is obviously considered totally normal. Also, couples have the advantage of being able to both be pregnant at the same time, therefore making the raising of a family much easier and quicker (if both partners end up having twins, that's a large family created within the space of just 9 months + the shagging time).

In the new world, any freaks accidentally born with only one set of genitalia are labeled as "weirdos" and sent to live on a special island.

...

Note to Lee:
Maybe we could make this into a film? Hey, I could play the lead!

Dear Gloucestershire County Council,

This morning part of our road collapsed, creating a huge hole which my
house fell into.

Can you arrange for some of your men to come out and repair the road, as
well as some builders to rebuild my house?

As my computer was destroyed in the incident, I am sending this e-mail
from the library. As a side note: there are some loose paving slabs
outside the library which nearly caused me to sprain my ankle on the way
here, although this can probably wait until after my house has been
rebuilt.

Regards

Marcus.