Squatter Quotes

“He kept looking for new experiences, and though he was very successful at everything he attempted, it did not bring him happiness. Remember this, success alone does not bring happiness. Nor does failure have to bring unhappiness.”
― Rohinton Mistry, The Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction - Fifth Edition

“Worry acts like a squatter, sneaks in and tries to stay without paying rent!" EL.”
― Evlinda Lepins

“Everyone knows how to get a squat: you go along to an empty house at night, break in, change the locks and it’s yours. [...] Later we’ll have someone to jam the electricity meter with a pin so we have free electricity. Everyone does that.”
― Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

“The Familiar Squatter by Stewart Stafford

Stranger at a ranting roundabout,
Changeling deep in a cranial fog,
An infant brooked with abandon,
The frail bitterness fumed within.

Another dawn, the lid loosens more,
Recognition dims, pleading for hints,
Let me see my reflection in full now,
Squatter with a thousand-yard stare.

A planet downsized to an asteroid belt,
Leave, and I surrender to disintegrate,
Core melts inside this atrophying shell,
Beyond repair, a journey of light ahead.

© Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford