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Morning

The fact of the matter is that only red begins sunlight, with strands of flame that invisibly smooth the horizon. It's a bit vague, fuzzy, hearing...
Cherry

Calendar*

The calendar on the smooth wall is blank, similarly flat, as though we have no pressing engagements this year, no birthdays or anything of great...

Quilt

...or curtains in your grandmother's house, a bit of sky from a place you remember. If it was that easy to patchwork pieces of my heart together, it would have been done long ago (the thread kept snapping) My piece of sky would be ebony and diamonds, not suitable for a quilt just because it would be too heavy. Perhaps it does all fit together, only not outside myself- I realise now, I am the only way it will stitch.

Party

They said it had been her best party yet, she had outdone herself. the fireworks had made them 'ooh' and 'ahh', the company had been delightful, they...

Division

In this house it is always winter since flowers fail to bud and there are icicles underneath shelves. It is not because someone carelessly left a...

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