Ranch waitress
Ranch waitress, ham fisted men have dreamed of you fingering yourself in the bathroom; they tell you in mornings when the day is banana bread. Give me your kidney, no, your knickers,
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Dear Mathil
Dear Mathil, I am writing to give you a picture of where my head lives. over the bar hangs a solid gold moon which winks like an eyeball as I turn in my cycles.
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Gabriel
Tears began to form in Gabriel's eyes as he remembered Heloise. He had been in so much pain back then, trying to prove himself. Why had it been so important that he prove himself to women?
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Silence
Silence In this clattering city, where the head swirls in the constant surf of sound – raised voices, the hollow rattle of heels on escalators, car-horns clamouring in demented chorus -
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From Po Wah Yuen
From Po Wah Yuen On the other side of the world, on the other side of the day my black-haired love is sleeping. In a city without a name, in a house without a number
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In the dark on the end of the line
In the dark on the end of the line my woman is softly sobbing, like a child lost alone in darkness, wounded and comfortless. I have cut her with my casual anger and cannot withdraw the words,
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Evening Ferry
Evening Ferry I watch her board, my black-haired girl, leaving me once more for the family that is not hers, but swallows her youth in their service. When she leaves me
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In the Beginning
This was a recent commission from the Science Museum. I had to write a story inspired by the Big Bang. I've tried to turn it into a love story, of sorts.
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