Cherrypicked stories
Baby Bummers
Pop will eat itself... but it will be sick afterwards.
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A meal without you
Whispers of light illuminate the finger marks on the porcelain of a white chipped cup which sits contently curved. After dinner plates, allowing the remains of olive oil
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The Ultimate Party
You know that party, it's the one coming up next.
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50 Ways
Back off slowly Sprint like hell Fall into an open well Moonwalk with a sexy grin Ride off aboard a sleek gazelle Yell: ‘Je ne t’aime pas, mademoiselle!’ Or glue him to a carousel
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Miss Scarlet Always Moves First
In the Stockholm garret I found an incomplete scrimshaw giraffe carved from whalebone. The four legs had been buffed to a dentist's pearlescence, the hooves neat as knives
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16 Guitars
Your house Has lots of instruments, You show me the Steiner That your dad likes to play He should have been A professional. Your house Has 16 guitars, A silver dobro, A double bass.
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Coming and Going
A man's letter to his deceased wife
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Locus delicti
("place of the crime") Heavens boy, don't you think to clean your coat? Never mind. Get a bath. Those ears must be sprouting potatoes. An hour late! Did you talk to strangers? What's got
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What possesses someone to get Myra Hindley and Ian Brady portrait tattoos
on their shins? Barely a wafer of skin there to cushion you, that'd cane, surely. And how nice that Brady gets a look in! So often Hindley's Helga 'do, bleached
Ringing the Changes
She'd wanted one for ages. There was no avoiding and no denying with adverts everywhere, that they were beautiful. But too expensive to buy right away.
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Sand and Glasses
Not like the girl in Dr No... No,no.
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Now is The Window of our Discontent
My loneliness feels like my Father's jungle, fearful,silent, and dark.
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No More Than 10 Words
Poet attempts to branch out.
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No More Than Ten Words.
‘Fuck!’, I threw my cards down on the table. ‘No bottle, that’s you, Sol.’
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Free India?
“If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point
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Florentine debate
Complex business - going to heavy-duty museums with small children!
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Bar truths
Bar truths (30th April 2008, 9.07am) What do you seek As you stumble around On a drunken night out Filled with light and sound I was caught by the eyes As I walked through the bar
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