Elephant Small Vol 5

By Stanski

Welcome to Elephant Small Vol 5.
This is the fifth in a series of five ebooks that cover five years of original verse previously published on my weblog 'Elephant Small'.
Vol 5 covers edited highlights from the years 2010 - 2013.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stanski
• Release date: Feb 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301838370

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

The first time I died

Nobody noticed

No tears shed

No flowers

No regrets

The second time round

Only the killer

Was ever aware

And even then

It took ten years

Third time was different

It lasted longer

Missed by the two

People who knew

People who cared

If I should die

For a fourth time

Think only this

It’s not the end

Of me…

2. One In The Eye For Customs

One can only imagine

Original intention

To ‘deter terrorist acts’

However, on reflection

(and two weeks in Majorca)

Government announcement

That the vast majority

Of ordinary tourists

Who’d endured the procedure

Felt it an infringement

On their civil liberties

An intrusion on their rights

And so the Coalition

Confirmed it intends to scrap

Plans to make compulsory

The Biometric Passport

3. Macrobatics

Since about 1984

My big brother’s been watching me

Through the lens of his automatic

Photographic device

Now I must keep my eye on him

Keeping his eye on me

This close up attention to detail

Is taking the zoning system

One f-stop step too far

Wouldn’t you agree, Ansel?

It may be a contradiction

To say this over-exposure

Develops to project

A negative image of