This book collects straight ahead prose with go-on-then poetry, directly inspired by Dudley, Stourbridge, Lye, Brierley Hill, and the West Midlands area of England. Edited together in Amsterdam, 2017. Shopping malls, swimming baths, Brexit, fake news, friends who passed, international finance capitalism, immigration, rivers, a conspiracy of spies, racism, death, facebook, trolls, left/right politics, and Maybe Logic are some subjects expounded upon. LIL MONSTER ROBBERS: Summarising the great robbery conducted by Steve Bannon, Julian Assange, Nigel Farage and Cambridge Analytica (2017) GIFTS FOR ALL: A long list of bespoke gifts for almost each and every person i ever met (2011) LOVE'S IN NEED OF LOVE TODAY: A response to 24 days of terror in the UK (2017) MAKE DUDLEY GREAT AGAIN: A raving poem about some strong feelings on Dudley elections (2017) HAVE YOU SEEN THAT VIGILANTE MAN: Reflections on revenge porn and violent threats on social media (2016) A PACKAGE FOR THE BLACK COUNTRY: Summary of the Black Country, Dudley Council, and state of the arts (2007) CORBYN WUSS EAR: A short piece about Jeremy Corbyn and peaceniks (2016) RED ROBIN THE MERRY HILL CHAMPION: A poem imagining the Merry Hill shopping center, through the lens of Robin Hood (2008) WHO DO YOU TRUST: Tracking down truth and lies in the mediascape, and mindscape of the West Midlands (2015) OPEN SOURCE PARTY: An investigation into effects of decentralization on centralized political model (2010) QUESTIONS TO AVOID CATASTROPHE IN THE UK: Poem asking difficult questions about terror and intelligence (2017) ODE TO BAD: A short poem dedication to my mate Neil, Bad Knight, a knight of the Robin Hood Round Table. (2015) CONDENSED DECADE 2001-2011: A condensed history and diary in verse of global events spanning a decade (2011) SWAVE HOUR WINNING BAFFS: A poem for the campaign to save Coseley swimming baths (2009) FAKE NEWS AND MADE UP TRUTH: Looking into the explosion of rampant disinformation and lies scattered across the culturescape (2016) EVERYTOWN: My most unsuccessful facebook group (2007) A NOTE ON VIOLENCE IN THE FACEBOOK: A plea to stop violent threats on social media with the introduction of the suspension of prejudgement (2014) ON THE RUN UP TO THE YEAR 2012: Hopes and dreams shortly before travelling to Chichen Itza for the end of the Mayan long count calendar (2012) KEVIN MEMORY LANE: A tribute to my friend Kevin Lane, who passed away suddenly (2016) THE ETERNAL FESTIVAL OF MEMORY: A tribute for two musicians from Stourbridge, here immortalized at an eternal festival in their honour featuring some special guests (2015) BLACK COUNTRY BLUES: A black country blues, and direct response to the unpopular point of view that the black country flag might be offensive to some people (2017) HI KEV: Exploring the strangeness of writing messages to the dead on social media (2016) LAWYERS BATHS BATS MP'S AND THE COSELEY REPORT: A rant against plans to close Coseley swimming baths, and my attempt to cost up a new roof (2009) THE WAR ON SOME SWIMMING: A poem describing my current thoughts about swimming in the Black Country in light of pool closures and the 2008 economic crash/heist (2009) STOURBRIDGE IN FINNEGANS WAKE & CANTO LXVI: On the discovery of Stourbridge in Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, and The Cantos of Ezra Pound (2006) POOLS CHURCH BANKS AND BRAINS: Comparing investments in swimming and in banking bailouts (2009) DEADLEY COUNCIL STRIKE AND SINK COSELEY BATHS: Further feedback from trying to save Coseley swimming baths from closure (2009) PHELP AN OPEN LETTER TO MICHAEL PHELPS: A letter asking Michael for help in the campaign to help save swimming pools (2009)