Delilah Once upon a time there were stories about women who pined and sighed and sat about in big pants drinking gin. If only, they wailed, he would come and rescue me from this life of solitude. Because a man is what I need to complete me and bring me socks to wash. Then one […]
Therapy or selfcare – 100 words
Snow Moon – 100 words
Snow Moon A bright springward afternoon – cirrus fringes the blue. Snowdrops nod benign. Sunshine seduces – a facsimile of kindness. Walkers pocket gloves, loosen scarves. They sit on benches and smile – trusting season’s end. There’s a sigh as the day slides away and horizon bleeds pink to orange. And shadows exhale biting cold. […]
Cinderella – The Sequel – 100 words
Cinderella – The Sequel Was that the Amazon guy again? More shoes? The box is from GlassSlippers.com – again. Cinders, you can’t keep buying more. There’s nowhere to put them. We haven’t danced for years since the ball room filled with footwear. It has to stop. Your godmother won’t help after she enchanted the planning […]
Moldewarp – 100 words
Moldewarp What is a molehill? An inconsequential pile of soil, sifted and airy, like baking flour, field acne, rashing across the grass. It’s raining – but subterranean, who cares? Talipidae are busy: worm-trap tunnels bear fruit mole spit paralyses and underground larders fill with the once squirming. Peckish predators squeeze supper until earthy guts squidge […]