The season’s turning she’s ill at ease
The stars burning above restless seas
Perhaps thou rest in comfort this night
Perhaps thou pace as me
Flame illuminates a pallid face
Sharp breaths underscore the busy mind

Love that isn't’t boasted nor conversed
Love that burns in the recesses of thought
All pride is stripped away
All time seems trivial this night
How I miss thee when silence stalks
Thy return appears beyond my grasp

We speak of only fragile things
We discuss the most inconsequential affairs
Fighting sombre reality
Fighting yearning, remaining hushed
And when, by fortune, I hear thy name
Light is brought unto the world

"Hello Peter's Cutomers service, Julie speaking, how may I help you?"
'Yeah hi, I'm just calling about your wildberry swirl.'
"When was the use-by date?"
'No, its not that... Its that, well, its manky.'
"Manky?"
'You know, mank, manky, mankish...'
"Can you use it in context?"
'Um, yeah... manky bastard... one who cannot find sufficent funds to wash themselves, on a regular basis, at least... or, ah...
mankyfied, like extreme rubbish... or ah, in a sentence, refering to something really dirty, or smelly, its manky, or it manked itself...'
"So the icecream is dirty?"
'Well not physically dirty.. just sort of tastes manky, like its been dwelling in a dump for the majority of its life, then ended up in my freezer."
"Ah... and where was it purchased?"
'The local supermarket'
"And its in the use-by"
'Yeah, you see, I think its more a question of ingredients, it tastes like mank'
"Can something taste like mank?"
'Well I think so...'


"Well, it didn't get dropped did it?"
'No, plus its in a punnet, unless there was spillage then re-freeze, I don't see how dropping it would alter the tatse'
"Well thats unusual.. most people just don't check the labeling. What is it stored next to?"
'I'll just check... Bread.'
"You keep your icecream next to your bread?"
'And you don't?'
"Ah acutally i don't really like the stuff"
'You work for Peters and you don't like icecream?'
"Not really..."
'Well I hate cheesecake'
"Really, I love the stuff, especially with passion fruit"
'Did you know that there is a name for fear of chessecake?'
"No, your kidding.."
'It has something to do with nouns in succsession that don't belong next to each other, cheese and cake being a good example'
...
"So the icecream is manky, thats your complaint?"
'Well yeah... its a serously bad combo... its manky as hell'
"Is hell manky then?"
'Well i've never been, but I assume its not clean...'
"Well, I'm not sure there's anything I can do for you"
'Hmm, do you document these calls?'
"The seriuos ones"
'This IS seroious, i've consumed a bowl of mank, thats pretty concerning don't you think?'
"Well, I suppose so..."
'So all you have to do is type, something along the lines of, customer was concerned about mank factor if wildberry swril'
"I don't know'
'Come on.'
"I might get in trouble from my boss... he says that I'm too nice to people like you..."
'People like me?!'
"Yeah, prank callers"
'This is no prank call... it tastes like mank... manky manky mank mank...'

"Hello this is David, how may I help you?"
'Evidently, you cannot, but please note, wildberry swirl is manky, I'd consider revising its content, bad day to you sir!'

(Over)