Tag: fiction
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Starspawn
Sick from but not of drinking Sick from and of thinking I’m sinking pints in a dockside bar Fog-shrouded far harbour Between loud sips of lager tales regales us Of his sea-borne, sea born Father The man I am named after He points up to a beam in the rafters Hangs a portrait of a…
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Players Please
Skeleton finger hands limbering up above piano keys Attained by degrees these masteries Black and white in rank and file she prods songs from chess pieces Keratin traces every face along its length, rousing scales She plays one handed Her profiled eye like a sunfish side winks, old romantic Head nodding in drugged emphasis Another…
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Do You Think Anyone Noticed?
You’re back and everything I lacked in your absence snaps back like a bent twig Or a thumb-racked elastic band Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band wrote my backing track, penned my heart song Dying is quick and the living’s long, my heart is quickening like a marching throng Whistling Martian songs conquering shellfalls approaching the battle…
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Rustic Staycation
Disgraced myself publicly The publican disgusted with me My family, as if I’d died, in grief Would be, if I’d told them, I’d keep This particular misadventure close to my cheek For my dishonour I receive immediate rustication Telling friends and family it’s a long vacation Reflection about my vocation Can’t get you from the…
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Dream Girl Type Dreams
Whatever sight is before me the one she prefers Lines across her bitten lip tweak my favour, no need for tears She wants a gold ring to band her finger, Frodo’s twin, and cakes tiered Six pints absolutely steaming, girls of my dreams man Streamer how much of my life I’m showing Dreamer how slow…
Alchemisland 