#2: You’re So Vain by Carly Simon by Craig Ennew Carly Simon famously stated that this 1972 song was penned with diminutive heartthrob Warren Beatty in mind. Later, changing her story, the toothy chanteuse claimed it was really about three different men, Beatty being the only poor sod named. Over the years, the coyness evaporated […]
#1: Ironic by Alanis Morisette by Craig Ennew I begin my sullen sojourn through modern pop culture with what is, let’s face it, an easy target. After all, even pundits in Alanis Morisette’s day were quick to point out that the iconic black fly in your Chardonnay is most definitely not fleetingly near a dictionary […]
We’re short of potatoes this Christmas, It’s rained and the harvests are low, All over the town, The shelves are run down, If you want them there’s nowhere to go. We’re short of potatoes this Christmas, And everywhere seems out of stock I’ve tried Just Eat and Uber; There’s no trace of a tuber, And […]
I am! I am growing. I am never growing old. I am never growing THAT old. I am growing old. I am old. I am not.
Collapsing from the inside, My walls were subsiding, My foundations Sliding away. They made a steel shroud Papered over my cracks with mastic, Replaced my hardwood with plastic Until nothing of the old me remained. But no one saw signs Of restoration, renaissance, repair or decay; Because no-one ever came back To take the scaffolding […]
Craig Ennew Writes 