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John Darley

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Skin in Sunshine

Vibrations scuttle into the rough lines of a parched field. Each erect string aches under a silver staccato – the sun’s improbable densities tap wells that never knew their maker;

Rain

Thick black sacks flow inwardly, spewing translucent mallets; their heads to the floor like flickering monks, humming ordinate sighs. Thick mouths stain the skies with reds-to-greens-to-blues.

Fake Blood

Innate like a polyester rug, cold red ruptures from the character’s spleen and swaths across an impotent knife. The man behind the stage wall struggles to find breath,