Blanket Under the cover of this fog, we have been transported – the house, the dogs and I – to a place of misfortune. Grey malevolence has poured in and removed the other people and their colourful optimism. We are marooned. There are no shops or schools or jolly pubs. Where the road used to […]
Missed – 100 words
Missed Moving boxes: finding cards. 20, no, 30 birthdays gone. Elastic bands stiff and failing. Some from family, the constant bones of a life – others just names, colleagues, playmates who blew through like gusts. I add up the ones you sent: Love, from D. With love, from D. Love, D. D x. Wish you […]
Let me tell you this – 100 words
Find inspiration, she said – 100 words
Day One – 100 words
Day One You have arrived, inevitable as hunger. A stranger with a suitcase of mysteries, neatly folded. But we aren’t friends. Yet… Does it matter if my welcome is cool? Or my star-lit arms opened with fanfare? Will you execute a plan, detailed and deliberate, or will cruel whimsy buffet me? Must I barter with […]