The gift A present is hope in thoughtfully chosen and expensive paper, (to be folded with equal thought for later, but never used) sharp folds and Sellotape hidden as if it was vulgar. Untied in slow motion to stretch the moment – the thought that counts – rolled the ribbons around your hand, tidy. I […]
Postpartum – 100 words
Question time – 100 words
Deflective – 100 words
Action man – 100 words
Action man Adverts, before the main feature eagle eyed: on the lookout for action with posable physique and fists ready for a gun and the controls of his helicopter or tank an impressive display of military muscle with uniforms to match – and that was when it happened: ‘made in China’ on the spine and […]
A worm’s turns – 100 words
A worm’s turns When I read a book I am free from the need to break in my boots before setting off on the trail, from finding a babysitter so I can set sail for intriguing destinations, from the mortification of my own naked form under a lover’s red-hot gaze, from my ignorance’s certain discovery […]
Petrichor – 100 words
Petrichor Not again, they groan as fat splashes polka dot dry soil quenching the plants drenching the benches and sending the fair-weather idlers back home so the landscape is mine now and I can prance through the mud in my new waterproofs and my old wellington boots to admire the world as it puts on […]
