Hiroshima Yeah! # 129 – November 2015 (Zine)

In case you didn`t know HY! Is a 8.5 by 11 inches, black & white, cut & paste monthly zine. The cover is a cool foot drawing by Dr. Adolf Steg. We open things up with poetry for `when desire becomes despair`. Standout poems are;

Pulse

For 30 years or more,

I have been staring

Out of windows

Watching scenery rush past,
hooked up to

Lifesaving songs

Via headphones, earphones,

Walkmans, mp3 players.

For some of us,

Music doesn`t merely add

A dash of colour

To an otherwise grey world;

For some of us

It is a saviour,

A sanctuary

And the very pulse

Of life itself.

And

Normal for a moment

I was normal for a moment

I remember it:

Chatting with workmates

Over lunch

About the weather,

About pension plans,

Able to cope

With the shit

That life throws at us all.

But is it really normality

I crave

Or a wild, wonderful

Reckless abandon

Or is it something

In between?

And

Today`s dark thought # 12

She`s pregnant,

And pushing a pram,

Fag hanging out of her mouth,

And I think,

Where`s Charles Manson

When you need him?

Then there`s our usual monthly instalments of:

A - `13.82 billion years of hell ` = Gary Simmons weird / rude / schizophrenic / psychotic ratings.

B - `Dylan Summer `= texting madness with Mark Ritchie + Gary Simmons and Pamela.

C - `Doctor Thornaby ` = you have to read it to believe it. There`s a plethora of music, concert (Doug Stanhope) and book reviews. Mark Ritchie writes a nice, slightly warped short story named ` Locked room`. Contact here:

Mark Ritchie

94 main street

Forth

Lanark

M L 11 8AB

UK.