The Phacemag

05/10/2024

Who Wants War?

Who wants war?
Any idea?
Well, we thought you knew?
We, were told it was you?
No, we don’t want war, makes us cry, makes us die.
Well, who does want war?
Who, does want this sick war?
We, were told it’s the law, that we go to war?
By who?
Who said it was law?
Those men, those men over there, the men, who made war.

pauliepaul

23/09/2024

I’m Older Now

I’m older now, slowed down a bit.
Those hectic London nights.
Monday Club in Soho, afternoons playing route master roulette trips all gone.
Because I’m older now.
Journeys to Paris, in an aged Citroen, consigned to the past.
Well it could never last.
Now, I’m older now.
Oh, and those parties till dawn.
Flower market drinks, making friends, coming up with the sun, on Waterloo bridge all done.
You see, I’m older now.

pauliepaul

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16/09/2024

brilliant 🙏

09/09/2024

I’m Older Now

I’m older now, slowed down a bit.
Those hectic London nights.
Monday Club in Soho, afternoons, playing route master roulette trips all done.
Because I’m older now.
Journeys to Paris, in an aged Citroen, consigned to the past.
Well it could never last.
Now, I’m older now.
Oh, and those parties till dawn.
Flower market drinks, making friends, coming up with the sun, on Waterloo bridge all done.
You see, I’m older now.

pauliepaul

07/09/2024

Grenfell Tower

Grenfell Tower still stands high.
Grotesque against the London sky.
To stand for those who faced reality.
Death caused by greedy stupidity.
Leaving behind all asking why?
Has each and every guilty party.
Still not put his nose against the charred tower and cried!
Never mind we followed guides they lied.
To the relatives friends of those who died.
For profit to prosper in dark boardrooms.
Spent on yachts on Rivieras.
Easing emotion as enquires let last.
Cover turning guilt into unjust tragic past.
All the sorrow filled loud voices crying.
Met with corporate government lying.
Is it all for nothing now?
Whisper the distraught asking how?
Do they legally deny the allow!
Attached for profit flammable cladding!
Grenfell tower as it still stands now.
How long before we see just sense.
And answer why?
It stands grotesque,
Against the London sky.

pauliepaul

31/08/2024

When I first heard the clarinet on the Soft Cell say hello wave goodbye 12 » single I was in love - I finally got to talk to the man behind the clarinet after years of searching and it was a joyous moment for me - and you - listen - thank you Dave Tofani - I decided to publish our conversation because it’s a joy - 🥰

31/08/2024

21/08/2024

If I Was a Cowboy

If I was a cowboy I would be pretty quick on the draw.
Not gunfighter quick, but I would make friends with them.
I would go into saloons drink whiskey, but not too much.
Jo says it turns me into a nutcase and I wouldn’t want to get run out of town.
If i was a cowboy I wouldn’t work with cows.
I like to think I would wander for a living.
Sometimes sleeping under a wandering star.
That’s not to say i’d stay away from comfort for far too long!
If I was a cowboy I would do prospecting.
I would be friends with the blacksmith gain the trust of the sheriff.
I would pay my way through the wild west with things I found in my pan, its like gold dust!
This to the best of my knowledge is what i’d be like, if i was a cowboy.
More importantly though you see, I would love my horse, and my horse would love me.

pauliepaul

13/08/2024

Michael Stipe - https://youtu.be/ZrEZZwRzMIw?si=yMd-xcXTEHw9oyYe - just xx

Probabaly the best cover version of any Beatles song that you will ever hear. Ted puts his heart and soul into his songs - ENJOY!

09/08/2024

Shooting Sleeping Lions

Shooting sleeping lions & other despicable acts
How do you change the moral compass of that
Someone seeking pleasure from killing with a gun
Hibernating bear cubs cuddling with their mum
How should you view cruel culture blind to kindness change
That buys at great expense sans remorse or shame
The piece of butchered rhino’s life it thinks that it will gain
Medical?
Spiritual?
Sexual?
Facial?
Emotional?
Read :
‘The Benefit of slaughtering’
Chapter One
NONE!

pauliepaul

09/08/2024

For International Cat Day Pushkin is having a sleep after a night out…. 🤷‍♂️

02/08/2024