Succession This week a man gets a new hat, or rather it’s a very old hat and it’s made of metal and stones not knitted for comfort or warmth and it won’t keep the sun off, but it is the hat he was born to wear a destiny hat, if you like. One day perhaps, […]
Upcycle – 100 words
Upcycle Life leaves its mark scars from collisions from emergency intervention, mysteriously mottled, skin stretched, returned corrugated, deflated balloon, all fun exhaled holiday, lobster, peel, tan, fade, repeat the nail that didn’t survive the half marathon the eyebrows that didn’t survive the eighties rough where it used to be smooth low where it used […]
Warning for the young – 100 words
Warning for the young Your hippocampus is grey and small and shaped like a seahorse (apparently) an insignificant brain blob but do not make the mistake of taking it for granted while it’s ever so easy to stuff with song lyrics, boyfriend biographies and bins out on a Wednesday for Thursday collection beware there […]
Mayday – 100 words
Mayday May Day. Blossom, buds and garlands pale girl with flowers in her hair stately, solemn: Queen of the May May Day. Dancing weavers patterned the pole not Priapus but axis mundi: lightning rod for joy: timeless village green. May Day. The countryside teeters – winter’s peril behind harvest toil ahead. On this […]
