WHEY-HEY!

It's been a long time coming but SWAP, my novel about a dodgy marriage, is now available to buy from www.feedaread.com. 283 pages, £6.99 plus postage. You can read first pages, synopsis and a review. (more below the pic.)

I found myself in A&E on January 1st. I decided this would be a good time to write a poem. Just shows, if you're a writer you can take advantage of any situation. This attitude to life

often makes me smile. Who else, but a writer, could possibly enjoy a couple of uninterrupted hours in A&E? (in fact I was there just half an hour). Anyway, here it is, the finished work. You may have to press the 'read more' button and scroll down.

A&E

Hospitals in disarray

In A&E you'll spend the day.

Take a snack, a pillow too,

Make sure you're right near the loo.

There's only one, so get there quick,

Before it's used by someone sick.

You're feeling ill, you're mobile's out,

You sit and wait with fear and doubt.

Three more hours yet to go

Before you tell your tale of woe.

Old and young and in between

There's hundreds waiting to be seen.

You need a doctor soon as poss.

The more you wait, the more you're cross.

It's New Year's day, the first of Jan.

You'll not forget how Jan began.

Slumped, asleep against the wall,

You have a kip until they call

Your name out loud, then in you go

To tell the doctor all you know.

Except for one amazing thing,

You've now forgotten everything.

Why you're there and what is wrong

Everything has simply gone!

The sleep has left you feeling bright,

Feeling strong as dynamite.

No more aches. No more pains.

No more headaches. No more sprains.

A&E was worth the time,

And it hasn't cost a single dime.