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Sea blue crystal
poem
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Photo Shoot
Tomorrow I am going to London to have my photo taken for Dazed and Confused magazine.
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The Ultimate Teenage Romance Novel, Prologue
Oh. Hell. No.
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One of those days
“Guess what??!”.... She screamed into the phone.
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Advice on Dying
Face the open window, make collages of clouds Add lovely garden things like fuzzy felt In this, your second infancy Wake to a plume of starlings or a finch
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Sad Girl
Do you recall the sad girl? The sad girl that sat there? The seat in the back? All alone in the back of the class? She's not there now. She's not anywhere. She has drowned in her tears.
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Loughborough
We didn't wear our coats but there was still touch of cold in the air, everything was just like summer, if you squinted.
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Have you heard?
Have you heard the whisper,
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The Hero
There I was, with the bitter taste of sand violently blowing in my face. The taste was vile. I saw sand as far as the eye could see but on the horizon there was a lonely tree standing by itself.
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Cruel North Wind
longing and loss
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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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