Jane Hyphen
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I have 394 stories published in
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Autopsy of a Boss
We don’t know how he died, he was slumped over the scanner, no real sign of injury but a drip, like a blood road, stark red against his pale skin had...
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Trodden Steps
How many trodden steps? Pain contained, muted In this our survival trance We were treading the abyss The sparks of our youth Extinguished in the mud...
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The Hidden Help
They’re back The hidden help I woke with them inside Something’s wrong They talk among themselves And they are right, just Like the voice I heard...
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Your Mother
She’s a stain on you your mother On us, a serpent brimming spite Casts her venom spit-hissed And there’s no hope No light relief, no antidote Each...
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Put Away Summer
Put away summer Cast a veil upon the sun Know tiredness, sleep away. Wind-withered leaves cannot Hold on as birds no longer Aim the candor of their...
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What a sweet tribute to your
Posted on Tue, 16 Jun 2015
What a sweet tribute to your mother, she looks lovely in the photo by the way. Recently I have been remembering lots of little things about my dad who died eight years ago, they come back to me like small subconsious gifts. Memories of your...
Read full commentPosted in I Still Miss You Terribly
Love this - a situation joins
Posted on Mon, 11 May 2015
Love this - a situation joins up blithely into something more complete than it could have been.
Read full commentPosted in For the Love of Her
This is very evocative for me
Posted on Tue, 28 Apr 2015
This is very evocative for me. My dad was an Ansell's lifer, paid partly in beer tokens. I used to look down from the expressway and think how I wouldn't want to walk down there among the huge concrete pillars with that smell of HP - terrifying....
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An unusual tale which I
Posted on Wed, 11 Dec 2013
An unusual tale which I enjoyed very much. By the way that's surely my ancient Russian Blue in the photo!
Read full commentPosted in Cat-Omen
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