Ever been served up a cow’s vertebrae? Or a pile of deep-fried crispy Tarantulas? 

My dad died this week. I can’t be at his funeral in the UK, which is tough. I’ve written a few lines about him. Some memories to create a kind of sketch of who he was, to me.

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Enjoy my tragic 4 -line, food-based, break-up poem.

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David Bowie sat on the edge of a long white sofa in the roof garden of a Casablanca hotel. A low behind separated him from the city skyline. Glowing paper lanterns swung in the warm evening breeze.

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Ever been served up a cow’s vertebrae? Or a pile of deep-fried crispy Tarantulas? 

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'All fur coat and no knickers' is how I'd describe my hotel in Uzbekistan. A northern England expression describing something, or more often someone, that is all style over substance.

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Arriving at a foreign airport unable to speak the language or read any of the airport signs is daunting. Shit-scary but thrilling too for this nervous traveller.

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A true story of how a short break in a charming Yorkshire village turned to bloody horror.

I'm covered in blood. I don't know why.

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An ordinary visit to the park turns into a near-death experience. As I dutifully pick up his shit, my dogs runs toward a busy main road.

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There is a place in Kenya where you can watch Elephants and other wildlife from the safety of a treehouse. This iconic location also has a historic past.

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