clown clouds
all kites unfurled
jubilance & church bells
but then she hied for good that day
or ill
fain i’d be okay
could i smile the pain away
left by my bride fae
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2026
clown clouds
all kites unfurled
jubilance & church bells
but then she hied for good that day
or ill
fain i’d be okay
could i smile the pain away
left by my bride fae
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2026
Third time’s the charm. Or so I’ve heard it said. Hopefully, that will be the case here.
I’ve tried the podcasting thing twice before to varying degrees of non-success, but it’s something I’d like to try again. While I don’t enjoy the sound of my voice, I do like using it to record things.
So, here’s why I’m telling you this. While I could record a monologue and make that a podcast, these aren’t necessarily to everyone’s taste. Perhaps a short Q & A format would be better, yes? If you agree, and if there’s anything you’d like to ask me about, then now is the time. It can be literally any topic! Just pop your questions into the comments section and I’ll answer what I’m able in the reboot of a little podcast series I like to call ‘The Crumbcast’.
And, look, I understand I’m nobody, but who knows? Me gassing on about whatever subject tickles your fancy could be… well, a gas. Okay… a gas for me. Okay, fine… I’m a gasbag. Is it getting gassy in here?
Yours precariously,
Tony!
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2026
dullened
his basswood skull
struck a discordant tone
for every wrong in memory
& less
by TONY SINGLE
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the lady of the lake
took off her bikini
the shellfish blushed
hid behind coconuts
her perky high beams
blinded everyone in sight
with their womanly virtues
& strontium-90-60-90
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2025
infinity
a crumb, our collective mind
from the day we are born
we’re enmired in longing
& we reach all our lives as if
our slow death has barely begun
infinity
we’re avoiding in the rain again
as it washes away the tears
past stars inert down the lane
dare we to wear our insides out
like we were ever here
who are we to hope for love
as we lift our heads above
the skies could fall any moment
how on earth are we alive
infinity
too many arks on mountains
for any of them to be the one
our jesus is nothing
our buddhas are nothing
so too our drowned expectations
infinity
it’s another god for the blind
yet we feel that white room calling
boundless, all walls fallen away
we’re dispossessed in night’s array
how heavenly the stars
who are we to hope for love
as we lift our heads above
each moment an accusation
how are we still alive
what if infinity left us blind
to vanish beneath the sands of time
& yet we hope
yet we love
we live
by TONY SINGLE
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