When billowing, quicksilver clouds Dissipate in a dream And the mind awakes to enact its sleepy life As if shown on a screen I wonder, are you but a memory To remind me of today Or does your vitreous probe Divulge a world so desolate, far flung, far away Or is it a sign A… Continue reading Mirror Man
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Night Field
Crickets chirp in the distance, as a lone bird – late to bed – sends out its final goodnight. Above me spots of paint are flicked across a black canvas, making interesting patterns reminiscent of ‘dot to dot’ pictures. The solid ground beneath my bare feet is damp, seeming to soak through the soles, and… Continue reading Night Field
a fable
Stabbing another cigarette out in an ashtray already overflowing with them and it’s cold outside, cold in here too because of the external or in spite of the internal (the heater is on, powerful) just like I was when I was in school, being something because it was what everyone else was, or doing it… Continue reading a fable