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Steelie 15
The muffled rumble of trains arriving and departing, the continued hiss of steam escaping from locomotives follow them. Echoing announcements...
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forget me not
Limb by limb they say In that ordinary way Heart, diabetes and lack of breath That means death Best keep yakking in that slow way So you won’t wander...
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Steelie 14
Mole stands on the U-Bahn platform, his leg jiggling. The place reeks of sweat, damp woollen uniforms and thick coats pressed together, and the sour...
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Steelie 13
Brodie snatched Sharon’s phone from her hand. She’d been smiling and checking her message. He’d read them too. Before handing her back the blank...
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Steelie 12
The clack of the pool balls behind Sharon’s head, a metronome, marked the growing silence between them. ‘I better get back,’ she croaked, not really...
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perhaps this year perhaps
Posted on Fri, 07 Jan 2022
perhaps this year perhaps next. in the end it's the end.
Read full commentPosted in Resolution
anger and impotence. We
Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021
anger and impotence. We nullify outself as we look on at the slow-moving end ot it all. This is great. It captures how we feel.
Read full commentPosted in Drilling Out Blame
yes, our noisy ghosts are
Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021
yes, our noisy ghosts are often within, and found in the sin of dissociation.
Read full commentPosted in Esther Cox
watch, learn, pay attention.
Posted on Mon, 16 Aug 2021
watch, learn, pay attention. A mantra I wish, I wish, I could.
Read full commentPosted in Naples: balcony overlooking Via Firenza
group hug and the longest wee
Posted on Tue, 08 Jun 2021
group hug and the longest wee in history. Go girl. Great story.
Read full commentPosted in Pride
It is a heavy burden your
Posted on Wed, 14 Apr 2021
It is a heavy burden your words carry with grace.
Read full commentPosted in Setting Sons
to teach them a lesson.. Yeh
Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2020
to teach them a lesson.. Yeh, that about sums up genocide.
Read full commentPosted in Pins (6)
lovely. words that bewitch.
Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2020
lovely. words that bewitch. images that travel. wisdom in poetic form.
Read full commentPosted in I Want To Tell You Things
I did read a couple of posts
Posted on Wed, 25 Mar 2020
I did read a couple of posts about Charles and Camilla. And a story in The Guardian (so it must be true) that they didn't jump any hospital queues. They are 71 and 72. I almost feel sorry for the future king and his consort. It wasn't that long...
Read full commentPosted in Just Put Me In The Fridge
oh, well, as long as you don
Posted on Sat, 14 Dec 2019
oh, well, as long as you don't talk about politics...
Read full commentPosted in The Worst
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