Funeral tea Over the sandwiches nobody wanted: A lovely service… So sad… More tea? Did you know…? Do you remember…? I wish… So do I… We shut our eyes and wished harder than we’d ever wished before and there you were shimmering over teacups. Made from dust and misery and pieces of our hearts, […]
Cracking… 100 words
Play – 100 words
Play Children splash in puddles, see how far their snot stretches, shout louder than lions. It’s vital, educational, expressing themselves, letting off steam Until they learn that sitting still is better than finding equilibrium on a single chair leg, and silence is preferable to yodelling. ‘Thank you very much,’ and ‘please may I?’ get […]
Strawberry Moon – 100 words
Strawberry moon Lush with the kiss of warm evenings and sticky sweet fruit promises it hangs ripe and fat where abundance meets greed and juice bursts, flows, rushes sating all senses In belly-tight contentment, we lie under gentle air that whispers to my skin, and turn to trust this season’s lust and, eventually, […]