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StoryBetter Yourself ylake17 years 2 months ago
StoryThe Other Mrs Jones ylake07 years 2 months ago
StoryThe Broad ylake27 years 2 months ago
StoryThe Funeral Buffet ylake07 years 2 months ago
StoryMother, Mother, Everywhere ylake27 years 2 months ago
StoryThe Classroom Spring ylake07 years 2 months ago
StoryHalf a Cup ylake27 years 2 months ago
StoryPortraiture ylake17 years 2 months ago
StoryA Woman Named Joy ylake17 years 2 months ago
StoryDrama Class ylake17 years 2 months ago
StorySpanish Civil War Exhibition ylake07 years 2 months ago

My stories

Cherry

Half a Cup

I thought you were Midas’s son, how you could gild my days with your presence, your touch. Your breath as you slept filled the room with a golden...

Spanish Civil War Exhibition

Beneath the post-card sized lives, ‘Autor desconegut’. Coarse shirts and pinafores camouflage men and women by the rubble of the polling booth. Untaught smiles for the camera,

The Classroom Spring

In winter months, weather maps surrender muffled shores, tears roll down clouds that pout, like grey, soggy handkerchiefs wrung out, flamenco footsteps hammer on the roof;
Cherry

Portraiture

A jewel-laden snake encircles her golden throat, bangles grasp her arm like an eagle’s claw, heavy-lids, parted lips, she inhales victory, caresses the head she holds beneath her bare breast,

Drama Class

Droplets of water in drama class evaporate from wooden floors I tried to be petite girls in polo necks carefree shadows springing in black tights painting afternoon stripes

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