3643 - Night thoughts 1

It's been a full day, and a fun night out
Last night I lay in bed with productive
Use of that time, by focusing my thought
On what to do with my comedy. Gave
It some thought in the dark, what I believe
I should do with my act, how to progress
It helped me to doze off, but still I strove
To think of a strategy, did my best
As I grew more tired, to plan my success
Because I normally just drift and sort
Of wing it, don't learn it properly, a half-
Hearted attempt at best. Well I attest
That first thing today I fully wrote out
Those thoughts on paper, honest as I live

3642 - Cycle of sport

Nice day out at my flat with Josephine
Watching (four years late) the opening show
Of the London Olympics! Rio's in
Progress now, cycling road race done, don't know
Whether Froome won it yet, but first, it's so
Football, Championship highlights are on next
Did Derby beat Brighton? Go Rams. Please, go!
Four seasons of let-downs, any pretext
It seems, used to throw it away. Got vexed
Hope Pearson sorts discipline in the team
My Man United package still no show
Our membership cards are where? I'm perplexed...
Forest beat Burton 4-3. Quite a scene
In the East Midlands (Leicester champions) now

3641 - You're taking the Michael, Foot

I just wanna rest on this Friday night
Last night I struggled to drop off, got aches
In feet, couldn't get comfortable, I tried
For ages, news bulletins were replaced
By others and then by others, a taste
Of endless repetition, maybe of
Eternity? In unchanging bed placed
Then at some point I did black out, above
Or below the cares of the world, its love
Hate and indifference. One more week to glide
Through at work, then holiday - sun in spades
A shot of vitamin D courtesy of
Tuscany, on an autostrada ride
Sonia Torretti's flat's where we'll be based!

3640 - Yes they can

Just listening to Tomorrow - Claramount
Lake. Steve Howe's guitar does the rock business
Just posted pix on FB, just about
Building sites in Salford, scaffolding, mess
Hard hats, boots, dirty hands and wolf whistles
Actually, no, that was just a cliche
I never heard those sounds through my headset
Was listening to Taste walking on the way
To work along Salford's Trinity Way
These hard-hatted men WERE working there, out
In numbers, while I walked to the office
I'm in, or will be, while they're out. Do they
Embody Brexit? Give that plank a clout,
Bill. More flats, more shops and more offices

3639 - You've gotta laugh or else I'll cry

Quite a day. Carla the Italian is
Planning on moving in, will it happen?
Met her after work, showed her the flat, she's
In favour of it all at this moment
I hope the room will be free but by then
If it's not, then I'm not sure if it will
She rushed off home by bus, then out again
We went to comedy, Ape and Apple
The downstairs deserted as usual
But upstairs, lots there, The acts were a buzz
I laughed a lot and had plenty of fun
And in the break we signed up for the bill
On the last day of August, so don't miss
The show, cos we will both be performin'

3638 - Pub life

Dave was ill and absent tonight at the
Worst Comedy Night in Salford in the
King's Arms, Bloom Street, Salford, that's the
Usual venue, folk turned up, as per
Usual, some people were usuals, some were
Not, these guys were pissheads, way out of the
Normal zone, who were they? Didn't know the
Guys, some were from Liverpool, and some were
From Manchester or from that vague area
It was surreal, so surreal that we went for a
Beer at the Gas Lamp afterwards, Carla
Was there, and Carmen from Spain (Sevilla)
I got slightly drunk, I ain't shittin' ya
Now here I am, drunk, first time for a while, yeah, yeah

3637 - Yawn oh good

I'm too tired to do much this evening, but
If I knuckle down, now I've had my tea
I only need two more hours and minutes
Of keeping productive, keeping busy
Two things: Italian, and then comedy
Need to be done, I'll do my best to do
My best to learn these things, due tutti
It's not hard as climbing Macchu Picchu
A steep mountain and temple in Peru
An early night will be a little beaut
Once I've done those two things, even briefly
I'll lie down, curl up, dribble on pillow
Bed's a great invention, it floats my boat
Don't say you don't like it - you're shittin' me