Cherrypicked stories
Stations
Should I have forgotten the way your eyes looked away to stare along the route that would take you from me? Eyes which shone like polished metal in a face framed by the rust
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One Question
A story about trying to conduct a coherent conversation with the person who broke your heart, whilst using the underground transport system in London.
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The Game of Blox
...trial by ordeal in a time-loop...a bit of a nightmare really...maybe it should be called Purgatory...
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Twisted
The poet's sharp eyes are blunted
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On Poetry Readings
There is a bra in this poem, there's a teaser for you!
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A New Woman
Inspiration point 10/01/08.
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- 2330 reads
The Ones That Got Away
how dare they?
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I Walk Around in Circles
There's something about sitting in the quiet, white room, staring at the locked door, aware of all the pills piled up on the rack behind me.
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The Chronicles of Bob
I am Bob. I am Bob. My name is Bob. Although yesterday it was Harvey, and tomorrow it will be Randall, for now my name is Bob.
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The Desert
I buried that man in the desert. Took my shovel and I gave him a shallow grave. By the time any rains have come he’ll be deep under ground, buried by the sand storms.
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They'll Take One Well Behaved Dog
Holiday tail.
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Violence
Think of the repurcusions before turning against one another
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Chapter Twelve-The Dancing Whore at the Anchor Inn
The whore who had been undressing clambered up barefoot on the sturdiest table, around which many swarmed like bees around some very dusty flower.
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Chapter Eleven: Storm Brewing (EDITED)
“A girl dressed as a boy?” Luigia moved closer, curious, “That’s a bit conspiratorial, isn’t it?”
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Mrs Munro's lament for the loss of Marilyn
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Figures
I wish this piece had come across with more empathy for them, I felt sorry for them both ... but it didn't, and maybe that's the way it's meant to be.
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A Ghost Story
"...on those few occasions I did come back here, I stayed away from all the old places. Too many ghosts I didn't want to face again, I suppose."
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Ode To The Spineless Bastard Who Cloned My Debit Card
Yesterday, I found out that large sums of money had been stolen from my account. I am now officially a member of the ever-growing club of identity fraud victims. Hooray!
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me myself & .i.
.i. what men think with
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