5301 - Sunny day

Sunday it was a sunny day all right 

Went out mid-afternoon did a video 

Short walk away at Salford Lads Club, bright

Sunshine on this last day of winter 🥶- oh

Let it be a warm spring, yes let’s hope so

Back home, watched La Belle et la Bete mostly

Then paused as I cooked, then Pearl rang. We do

This more often now and we did agree

We’ll do it again next week. Talked for three

Whole hours and still I really didn’t feel tired

But had to end it cos I had to go 

And watch The Platform with Helen. But we

Felt weary, it was dull, and she slept tight 

Not answering my messages. What a blow!

5300 - Just what Saturday should be

Lovely sunny day, the threshold of spring 

Well slept and ready, but with no real rush

Message from Helen, bit of text bantering 

Also Pearl and Vee, I was keen to push

My jab appointment news out there as much 

As possible, also Josephine. Time

To walk in the sun, coat off as I touched 

A sweaty overheating 🥵, but that’s fine 

Back home, hungry, ate Holland’s pie, then I’m 

In good shape for guitar 🎸 practice I think 

And I’m right, played great. Movie time, I judge 

I finish High Rise, then a Danish film

Koko-Di Koko-Da, then Viva. Think

Deliberately early 70s touch!

Sat 27 Feb

5299 - Woke at 5

I woke at 5, not the best, but that’s that

Started and finished early and got beer

Enjoyed two hours on the balcony. Hot?

Not exactly, but the sun shone on there

A little. Warsteiner and then Stella

Enough of the cold, went inside to see 

A film or two. First, Capone, but not the

Man in his prime, more his decline. Then we -

Helen and I - watched Miss Violence, a three 

Out of ten. Now I’ve started High Rise, but

I may not have the energy to spare 

To see it all. Never mind. Saturday 

Beckons. May finish it then. Cos it’s not 

A problem. The weekend is finally here!

5298 - Thanks, Madman

Thanks to the madman in the flat below 

Moving things around, making lots of noise 

At bedtime and beyond two hours or so 

I’ve been tired all day, oh yes, heaven knows 

He won’t do it again I don’t suppose

Got through the working day despite tiredness 

Despite the enforced lack of night’s repose

I knew after work I’d be near useless 

But I can always play guitar with this

Fatigue, and I played well, I’ll have you know 

Getting so fast now, matters less when those

Wrong notes are hit, so brief you don’t notice 

But wrong notes are fairly rare as I go

On improving. Watched ‘Greenland’ film to close 

5297 - Overcoming temptation

You know the feeling when as evening draws

On, it’s still midweek but you need a break 

I felt the tempting scratch of Satan’s claws

But thought again and realised my mistake 

And instead of beer, had a waffle cake

Eating eases the feeling easily 

To wanting a rush, it can add the brake 

Ok, so the waffles go down quickly 

But I’ll feel strong tomorrow, need to be

Because work won’t go away and because 

Until Friday there’s no real thirst to slake 

On Friday late afternoon you’ll see me 

Hot footing down to Sainsbury’s for my booze

But as it’s Wednesday, celebration’s fake!

5296 - Tuesday no news day

No real news today, work long and tiring 

Grey gloomy day, most unlike yesterday 

No reason then for a walk. Went shopping 

As I had nothing to eat for my tea

Got smoked mackerel again, healthy, oily 

And a big pie to last two days to come 

Two films, both black and white, oh so many 

Of these arty BFI films are done

That way. Sometimes I do feel frustration 

At watching monochrome but remembering 

Them afterwards, they’ve all stood out from the

Usual popular stuff Netflix have on

Or mainstream TV. Alphaville starting 

And The Cremator was my finishing 

5295 - New week

New week, news weak, coronavirus blah

But I just watched Cannibal Holocaust 

Soon it’ll be bedtime oh yeah oh yeah

Starting to yawn, just yawned, that was the first 

Been pretty energetic, felt a burst 

Of energy after work. Walked outside 

After 5, sun still visible. I passed

Through the busy park, and I was surprised 

It was busier than weekends. It’s been nice

Today, folks are out in numbers. Guitar 

After I got back, I just played the best 

Then I had a pie, the last of my pies

And watched that film, quite graphic, but don’t care

Now I’ve written this. It’s been fun, the most!