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The men stand in a line, waiting, No glass between them and her, Arrayed in order of size and girth For her to judge and weigh and Choose in this… Continue Reading
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164/2023
When we first kissed, I thought I saw A sliver of my soul escape into your Mouth at the first sip of you I took. The next day, I slept… Continue Reading
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THE INSCRIPTION When he was young, he was immortal, And allowed many wounds to be inflicted On his spirit and flesh. When he grew old, he acquired mortality Which he… Continue Reading
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They lived a flight of stairs Up from my parents’ flat in Germany, the American soldier And his wife. I was a young boy. She called one of her cakes… Continue Reading
145/2023
His bones knock against each other In the way separate parts of one Collapsing sculpture collide. He Knew from the start that Convalescence was just a Euphemism for slowly dying,… Continue Reading
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One of the gods of war, Punished for his transgressions By being turned into a cat With a permanent sneer And unfathomable eyes, Pollinates the poppies by Rubbing his wire… Continue Reading
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A hole in the silence, Vacuum in the nothing, Denser than the quantum, Darkness beyond lightless, Weight past measure. No time, No motion, No space, No being. When the centre… Continue Reading
139/2023
Fata Morgana. Low above the Ice, a slice of Concave light, a Knowing glance, Emerged from the Ruins of endeavour. From the past, Legends reach us, In oral telling, of… Continue Reading
135/2023
We have reached the age, And perhaps all ages have been Like this, just not as obviously So, more educated and literate As we are if we have escaped, Where… Continue Reading
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Their love affair was always very Lopsided. She was over six foot In flats, and he reached barely Up to her naked shoulders, the Space between her clavicles Where he… Continue Reading