Elephant Small Vol 3

By Stanski

Welcome to Elephant Small Vol 3.
This is the third in a series of five ebooks that cover five years of original verse previously published on my weblog 'Elephant Small'.
Vol 3 covers edited highlights from the years 2008 & 2009.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stanski
• Release date: Feb 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301229000

Stanski

A one... A two... A one, two, three, four...! How’s that then, for a classic intro...? But wait a minute... That’s more of a song intro, innit...? And this is more of a story, innit...? So, let’s start again, shall we...? Hi... How are you...? I’m Stanski... Now, don’t worry, I’m not as bad as I seem... I’m a strugling author... Not a tortured artist...! The thing is, I’ve written these books...For people to read... Do you like reading...? Everyone loves a good read, don’t they..? Anyway, I’ve got these books... That I’ve written... I know, you don’t know which books... I’m just getting round to telling you about them, aren’t I...? The thing is... If you want something doing... You might as well do it for yourself... So... I wrote these books myself... Now... These books... Y’know... The ones I’ve written... But haven’t got round to telling you about yet... These books that I’ve written... That I’m telling you about now... Will be available, very soon, for you to download... From Smashwords... To your PC, Tablet, or Mobile Phone...! In fact, pretty much anything connected to the internet...! Thanks to the miracle of modern technology...! It never ceases to amaze... Does it...? A Bit Of Background Stanski is the kind of guy who doesn’t do things by half measures. For example, he’s the guy who went to Thailand in 1999, to see in the New Millennium. He enjoyed it there so much that he decided to stay on for a while. He didn’t return to the UK until October... October 2010...! Stanski began writing in earnest in 2005 while recovering from a motorcycle accident, in the northern city of Chiangmai, in which he sustained serious head injuries. Since then, he has completed four novels, and is currently writing a fifth. Examples of verse by Stanski can be found on his Blog, ‘Elephant Small’ www.says-sir-ten.blogspot.com

Book preview

When Doctor Love came to town

To cure the ‘stood up’, ‘let down’

He hired a stadium

And The Palladium

Such was his world renown

The tickets were sold out; gone

No seats for the love-sick; none

Intended for only

The sad and the lonely

It turns out that’s everyone

2. Forever Ago

A

lonely

man must wait

At last she comes

Claims her love will last

for ever … never fade

Dreaded vote of confidence

precedes her planned intention

Terms, conditions, warnings, threats

In place of passion – tension

accusations, denials

questionable endeavour

She leaves as dawn announces

the first day of forever

Alone again so soon

a man considers

How rapidly

‘Forever’

becomes

a

distant memory

3. Saturday

Kippax, Kop

Stretford End

North Bank, South Bank

Fan-base blend

Murmur – calm

Cheer – thrill

Chant – passion

Whistle - shrill

Man to man

Heart to heart

Mouth to mouth

From the start

Outside Left

To Inside Right

To Centre Forward

Goal in sight

In the box

Odds-on bet

‘Keeper dives…

Offside, yet

Half-time news

Who’s in front?

Oohs and Aahs

Comments, blunt

Lukewarm Bovril

Tommy Hall’s

Greasy Joe’s

To line the walls

Second half

Goals galore

Rovers, Rovers

What’s the score?

(Rovers, what’s the score?)

Referee’s

Final blow

Who’s the best?

Now we know

Four-nil win

Fans depart

Pundits probe

Inquests start

Bus-ride home

Glad we came

So much more

Than just a game

4. Ask Me If I Like Hospitals

Don’t ask me if I like hospitals

Don’t ask me; try asking someone else

Ask me if you really want to know

About why I don’t like hospitals

Overcrowded, congested foyer

Full of theatre gown clad patients

Some are in wheelchairs, others in beds

All of them hooked up to saline drips

All exhausted, stressed and frustrated

Nurses (with clipboards) dashing about

Doctors (with stethoscopes) dressed in white

Porters follow-my-leader, pushing

Trolleys laden with medication

Public address playing pop music

Every few seconds