Spilt coffee

Flat but filled

the coffee spilt,

spread and grew to an ocre stain 

on an orange kaftan. 

Hard 

but smelt of an afternoon spent 

in concrete corners,

didn’t cost a cent. 

It ran down legs

onto wooden floors, 

splashed and spread against the doors. 

Sticky and wet,

it left its scent

despite towels which soak away the mess. 

I wash my dress in buckets of red, 

till it looks the same as it always did,

though I know it will never smell as fresh

for the spilt coffee I can never forget. 

Water bottles 

Bag of boiling waterstill leaves cold corners 

beneath toes, frost bitten, 

sliding softly beneath sheets 

and socks.

Skin burns beneath the bottle 

2 legs across,

30 centimetres wide,

it’s warmth has tried

to cure the bitterness 

that sweeps across this cosy mess

vast and void with room

for 2. Though neglects to fill the 

emptiness 

Don’t think that you’re superfluous 

I’ve kept a place reserved

for you. 

For constant warmth from head to toe and hands that seek my shivering bones. 

A place where I don’t need these clothes and where I’ll choose to share this note. 

A Cold Bed

Bag of boiling waterstill leaves cold corners 

beneath toes, frost bitten, 

sliding softly beneath sheets 

and socks.

Skin burns beneath the bottle 

2 legs across,

30 centimetres wide,

it’s warmth has tried

to cure the bitterness 

that sweeps across this cosy mess

vast and void with room

for 2. Though neglects to fill the 

emptiness 

Don’t think that you’re superfluous 

I’ve kept a place reserved

for you. 

For constant warmth from head to toe and hands that seek my shivering bones. 

A place where I don’t need these clothes and where I’ll choose to share this note. 

Warmth. 

Eyes closed

Flickering in artificial light
Insides wide open
A Constant flow or a kitchen tap jammed on tight
Drips slow
And a Drain clogged with yesterday’s scraps
Gooey grey and yellow
10 drips
Become a full sink
I think
My eyes float across suds 
Slip and overflow
Slides down sides
Drops on toes
A bucket 
A mop
Soaks away the mess
Like clouds above a Damp wilderness
Fills and shifts
And shares its flow on tiles
On snow
I melt 
Words become water
Water and words
Splash my cheeks 
My flickering eyes
Sigh and blink 
They’re tired and limp
I think
My words disappear
I empty my sink
Then glide into soft sheets with cold summer on my mind, feet seek cold corners
But my eyelids are tired
Heart beats slow
And the tap drips slow down
Not a smile nor a frown fills my face as much as warmth fills yours. 

Baked spuds of Europe.

A few times I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying baked potatoes in Graz, Austria.

The first picture shows a very delicious spud involving cheese, bacon and natural yogurt. Enjoyed after performing in a chamber music concert at Uni. A wonderful end to the night.

The other 2 were taken shortly after Courtney and I had been and got tattoos in Graz. ‘Jakominiplatz’ souvenir tattoos. We each got a beer and I got a spud with cheese, bacon, mushrooms, spinach and yogurt. Pretty bloody good.

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Budapest

So a few friends and I had planned to go to Budapest (finally). However due to many unchangeable and incredibly angering circumstances we were not able to go.

So to eradicate our sorrows we went and spent the afternoon at an Asian buffet in Graz before returning home and drinking away our sorrows.
Then the next night we teamed up and created what was actually a very delicious batch of Hungarian goulash in bread bowls! We ended up really having quite a lot of fun together that weekend.

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Multiple choice

There’s this chain of bar/restaurants in Graz where you can order a range of things from Pizza to baked potatoes (and of course beer and other beverages) but the selling point is how you order – there will be a stack of forms on each table and you tick the boxes with which ingredients you would like on you meal of choice! And everything is so cheap (this pizza was 6 euro)
Ft. Sauce, cheese, ham, pineapple, mushrooms and rocket

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