3392 - Get out and walk

Paris is hosting a climate change meet
At which many world leaders can be seen
This is the top topic, this is the great
Challenge, this and over-population
They're all saying once more, time for action
I thought that was Kyoto, way back in
'97, big things were called for then
Then the USA and Asia, even
Europe wriggled out of obligations
So why now should we believe what they spout?
Try grappling with the car industry. Gone
Are the days when American cars ran
Their economy anyway. Oil might
Be replaced, even must be, sometime soon

3391 - No matter where I roam

Javier left soon after four a.m., I
Heard him, and hopefully he got back home
OK (must have a look on Facebook). Tried
To get into the hired car later on
This morning, but no dice, the battery'd gone
Some chump had left the lights on since last night
Luckily there was another car on
Whitworth Street West. I was half an hour late
Collecting Jo from Zenay's, but had quite
A nice drive in the Peak District. Had pie
With Jo in the George Inn, Tideswell, and roamed
(By car) on old familiar country routes
Then round Burnage and even to Old T
Now back in empty flat. Javier, bye bye!

3390 - The reign of Spain (is over)

Javier woke with a hangover after
A final evening session over here
Early tomorrow he leaves Manchester
Flying back to his home town of Murcia
So for now that was his last taste of beer
(Not the lager they drink!) Today also
He went out for a last meal, now he's here
Getting to sleep, early start tomorrow
At half-past four, so I won't see him go
I hope the taxi comes on time and there
Are no flight delays. Then Jo and me are
Riding around in a car. Tonight Jo
Is staying at Zenay's house just over
In Alderley Edge. Might see Pearl, Vera...

3389 - Antiques Recordshow

I didn't write comedy today as
Intended because other things needed
Doing just after work. Exercises
And paying the last of my credit card
Debt, after all these years. Boy that was hard!
I had to help Javier book a taxi
For early Sunday morning. I'll have snored
Through his departure to Spain, hopefully
I don't want to wake up at 4:30
I recorded more records. First one was
Pete Shelley's 'Homosapien'. I last heard
Probably about 1983
Then it was 'The Specials' I recorded
Hearing this old stuff again's quite a buzz!

3388 - Stage of composition

Felt better today, not like yesterday
Morning when I had dazed vision and could
Barely speak! A reasonable work day
Lots of talk of my interview. How should
I give myself the best shot? Back home, did
Exercises, was going to play guitar
But now don't think I will. I really need
To think about my comedy, think hard
At the coffee shop over a mocha
And devise a good act, one that might sway
A paying audience. I must not feel scared
But the best way to achieve that's be clear
About my act, don't chop and change, know thy-
self, comedy-wise. or you'll be stage-dead

3387 - On the job

Dog-tired today after two sleep-deprived
(Not sleep-depraved) nights, but there was good news
I got a job interview, now must strive
At every opportunity to use
Some good advice, beat the interview blues
Hard work in this area will literally pay
I must get help from the experienced crews
At work who know exactly how to play
The game in interviews, when often they
Conduct them themselves. Learn how to behave
In front of the panel, how to give views
How to walk in, sit down, and what to say
This evening, watched Man City lose to Juve
With Louis. Now drinking last of my brews

3386 - Moneyocracy

Well here we are now, but now will be then
Then is now and now is then, you'll agree
Then was then, now is now, now is not then
And now is not zen, extra specially
All I'm saying is that now is today
Today what did I do, who cares, I don't
I just need to write this, then I am free
Or rather, now I'm free, while you are not
Even in Nottingham, Windsor, Didcot
So forget your Windsor knot, or Le Pen
Let's not forget that France must remain free
Same is true you say of the UK, but
This front for democracy will end when
We see it's bullshit and all 'bout money...