Too many tabs Upcoming birthday: the perfect gift Did I click to complete the order? Identify squares with taxis in them? Will it rain next week? Passport application – holiday admin Is it whole eggs or just yolks in carbonara? On the hunt for a tradesperson, available now, at a price that doesn’t make […]
Glimmer warning – 100 words
Glimmer warning There will be a particular slant of light through a dandelion clock Your dog will do a double take and it will jolt you into laughter Pine sap will pervade and you’ll realise that covid nose has finally gone You will return to find someone else has cut the grass Three kinds […]
Everyone is doing their best… 100 words
Everyone is doing their best… Even the idiots, the dickheads and the pillocks with what they know; who they are. The prat doesn’t brush his teeth and say ‘today I’m going to see how many people I can irritate witless with my stupidity?’ No, he thinks, perhaps, his day is long, his lover unresponsive, or […]
Pilgrims – 100 words
Pilgrims Crossing oceans, walking miles they come to stand together and receive – in exaltation – His attention, bestowed briefly, a blessing on every soul, heirloom memories, I remember when… in this ancient ceremonial place where 3000 years of humanity has gathered with so many stories: one purpose, and kindness transcends language shared water; […]
Just Fine – 100 words
Just fine I can’t do it yet and that’s fine I’ve got a few bulges and that’s fine I can only get this far and that’s fine I’m not your cup of tea and that’s fine I sing very badly and that’s fine I’m frightened to leap and that’s fine I forgot why I […]
Chin Chin – 100 words
Chin Chin Look at my dark eyes see what’s reflected there. This night. You’ll know the consequences, Septem annis, bad luck. I search for your intention, the way of your heart. Is our friendship baptised with wine or murderous ambition? Can you see shards of candlelight ricochet from my jewellery? I deflect precious ingenuity, […]
Postcard from Rome – 100 words
Postcard from Rome ice cream in brioche selfie stickers on famous steps cobbles ‘Small park with ruins’ pistachio Tiber gurgles thickly trees like parasols Aperol spritz, the colour of Irn-bru ‘no, non abbiamo bisogno un ombrello’ Julius Caesar was not an emperor ecooters – tooters touristic phalanx following the flag Eternal City deep-fried artichoke […]
Carry on – 100 words
Carry on The ogres you fought and mountain you defeated cast shadows where you tread. Dark shadows, inky with menace, phantoms lurk and all you can see are glinting fangs. You stumble in the gloom fearful, consider sitting on a rock and watching while life skitters onwards See, beyond the shadows where the […]