Cherrypicked stories

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Zeno's best friend.

In the warmth of May I learn to breathe and I part, with regret from the hibernation of intent. When I'm reintroduced to Gravity, the boy with the...
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Memory, distressed and focussed

A rose I squeeze, to be. Bleeding ignored, eyes focused on the beautiful days the petals surely had.
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Reflected

I wear one magnetic muddy shoe; strung out on time and dancing like a fool. Nothing comes off; I'm always bought so cheap.
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An unconvinced argument on how to mourn.

Frozen bees fall gently to the water, romantic piano chords turning slowly on the surface; more performance art with plans for education and...
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I Now Forget

Silk sleep and milk deep softness rest in feather down slumber as finger reach and rest on wanted skin. Eyes in mine are falling through the end of years
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The Art of Love

Rest In sweet naked slumber, Gentle and pure, While I, enraptured, Paint my life Across your perfect frame. Eyes closed
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Coming Out: Lina

The first family member to truly know me... aunt Lina
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C) What are you not thinking of&;#063;

Dave and I might as well be robots as we stuff salad bags to the back of the shelf: all that matters is the sell-by date: ROTATE ROTATE nag posters...
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I'm trying to think of...

Exercise - re-edited
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Sick Computer, The

with apologies to Wm Blake
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Q... Night

There's a wall around my bed. You can't see it, but it's there. I can feel it in my bones. I could burst through if I wanted to And run to Mummy But...
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B: THE SWORDFISH AND SHAVE

Beat one of Pacific and Maple
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Shoes in a Cupboard

A poem about bereavement
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Swan Song

poem
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Managed Retreat

poem about the tide
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Ideal Man

He really, really was... .
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Flesh Wounds

"To see a thing, one has to comprehend it." (Borges)
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Focalising

The clouds puff blueness onto the orange luminosity, Congregated concrete structures flatter the yellow lights. The darkness of dusk filters shape to...
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A) I am thinking of

I am thinking of you saying I could come stay with you. Of me asking if you had a spare bed and you saying no. I am thinking of what sort of person I...
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The Carpenter

He chiselled the wood, careful to keep going in the direction of the grain. Slowly but surely, the block of wood took on animation. He paused for a...

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