THE TWELVE DAYS OF CRISIS

On the twelfth day of Christmas, the UK gave to me:

12 Strikes-a-drumming

11 Taxes rising

10 Lords a-leeching

9 Landlords squeezing

8 Sewers leaking

7 Bills a-soaring

6 Trains a-cancelling

5 PER-CENT RATES!

4 Crumbling schools 

3 French strikes

2 Two-hour queues

And a pothole in a B-road.

FIRST CUP OF TEA

Probably the only time I'll ever wonder whether the Tetley Tea Folk are in a retirement home. ☕🤔

FIRST CUP OF TEA

"Is this a cup I see before me, handle toward my hand, come let me clutch thee."

Shakespeare's abandoned first draft where Macbeth has tea and cake with Duncan and they all lived happily ever after. ☕

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The centre of Imagination, the heart of Now, and the brains behind Pondering. ☕

FIRST CUP OF TEA

Too good to be put into words, which is why I put mine in a cup. 😉☕

METAPHORS VS SIMILES

I prefer metaphors to similes.

Similes are two alikes.

FIRST CUP OF TEA

Never knowingly under-supped. ☕

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Bandy net in hand, I'm pondering in the rock pools of Imagination. ☕

FIRST CUP OF TEA

One of the few presents you don't need to unwrap. ☕

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Reflective thoughts start to slowly mingle with the steam which rises from my cup, and, ever the gentleman, asks it to dance. ☕

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There isn't a fanfare as I open the kitchen cupboard to grab a teabag, but there should be. ☕

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Dawn breaks, tea break, that's the rule. ☕

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Interrupted mid-slurp by a courier delivery - 'Swallows and Amazons'? 😉📦☕

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Knocking on Imagination's door and seeing who's at home. ☕

THE HOURGLASS

The hourglass

Encased in brass 

It sits there looking grand.

Like Time itself

Upon my shelf

It's built on shifting sand.

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New home, same mug, same feeling.

Continui-tea is an underrated thing. ☕

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Imagination

In its finest walking boots

Takes infinite strides. ☕

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Uninterrupted views of the imagination. ☕