Postpartum I saw a woman beside the vegetable aisle – not browsing – Just standing, holding a baby ‘two weeks,’ she said ‘a boy,’ she said and stared at me for a fat moment – assessing – then she tilted him towards me like a secret. ‘Oh. He’s perfect,’ And he was in his milk-drunk […]
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 […]