Cherrypicked stories
Sea Men
My hands slip on salt slicked handrail, feeling of touch drawn from my fingers by lead painted cold metal. Grasping tighter I steady myself and continue to squint ahead, the sting of wind driven sea sleet numbing my face, speech an effort.
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- 693 reads
019 her skin untouched by time
I was putting out the rubbish when a loud giggle caused me to look up
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- 2249 reads
Buffalo's Southern Island
Buffalo's Southern Island It is a place that exists more in the minds of those who live there, than anywhere else. You won't ever see the designation for it on any map reference. But, you will hear
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- 2742 reads
018 her skin painted by time
I was putting out the rubbish when a loud fart caused me to look up
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- 2348 reads
The Next Day
I return from Nice, staked with fear. All the terrors of every b-movie? My scientist friend must be crazy. Is the train hot? The train is hot. Sunlight is doing a bombing run on the London of my eyes. Flashes,
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- 927 reads
Taking a photo of workmen in Chapelfield gardens
11/5/6
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- 1192 reads
Things we looked at with the satellite spy cam
9/5/6
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- 1593 reads
Postscript
People are footsteps, silhouettes passing. Few of them stop to ring the bell over the door of the bookshop any more.
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- 1127 reads
Endless Communication
Editted. Still extremely silly though.
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- 2997 reads
An Unexpected Destination
...she paused momentarily at the summit of her climb and then, gracefully, dived into the deep blue of the pool below. I had not intended to land here - my GPS had started to play up and I had interrupted my solo cruise ....
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- 684 reads
My Father's Boots
MY FATHER'S BOOTS I saw them standing there in the corner, a pair of rubber fireman's boots. The top cuff on each boot was rolled down, revealing the brown canvass lining inside. The rest of the boots were made of shiny black rubber, with twin yellow lines circling the calf area and a yellow stripe where the hard rubber sole met the upper shoe of the boot. They were a little dusty and looked sort of forlorn sitting there in the corner of my mother's basement, at 24 Ramona Ave., in Buffalo, N.Y..
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- 2775 reads
For My Villaintine
Every 14th of February, whether or not I myself must plough through drifts of scented envelopes I like to recline, with some fortified wine, and spare a rare thought, unbidden, unsought for the legions of scowl-ridden, lovelorn misanthropes.
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- 928 reads
Anywhere But Here
"Find us a place where people don't ask fool questions¦where the morning air comes through an open window¦tangled in bird song¦where we can feel alive again, Jake. Like I said before anywhere but here.
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- 977 reads
Marks in the morning
The ceiling holds me in a dry awake. I love theologising sleep, the blue tack mark non interuption where no phone rings and no one speaks. Snug in my mountain sleeping bag I hold the torch up,
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- 2436 reads
Plot
The boy next door is plotting to take over the street, he holds his mug like a mother and chats to me about ousting Blair computer screen savers and charity clothing appeals. He lays down a line of credit cards,
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- 1391 reads
The Acrobat
Falling out of love She does well
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- 1255 reads
Shepherd
Poem has been temporarily removed and will be re-posted in October 06
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- 1967 reads
The Natural Consequence
Concrete poetry is never a particularly pleasant thing to find in front of you, and when it's being written by a young man who is clearly convinced that he has discovered the meaning of life and/or love, it's doubly bad...
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- 652 reads
Drink Me
She loves men who make her feel tiny
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- 1250 reads


