Tag: irish

• War Caint

  Swan when I wear it, sworn when I swear it Pops when I don it, props when I Don it Head currently holeless like faulty donut Do not approach or blood splat yoghurt You’ll get reproached, sent home soaked Tell your blokes I’ll wet their coats Send redcoats flying back to boats But I’ve burnt…

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  27th Apr 2024

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• The Agent – IV

  They sent Harpenden. Him, of all people, conversation with whom was a form of punishment so cruel and unusual the Khmer Rouge would rat you out to Amnesty. He was a posh Australian who drank Fosters, called evening arvo, and who disliked foreigners to a confederate degree. He looked like a cross between the muscular,…

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  26th Apr 2024

  alchemisland of Ireland, Short Stories

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• The Agent – III

  The canopy cooled him in temperature and temperament, he felt sullen beneath sagging boughs. Branches like curved umbrella handles, as if trees driven mad by heat sought to drive their own branches through their heads to stop the simmering solar voice. Inner measuredness came, or was foist, upon him, echoed in his equidistant steps. In…

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  26th Apr 2024

  alchemisland of Ireland, Short Stories

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• Baphomet’s Belle

  Belle of the Styx Look sick in triple six Her sandalwood aroma Her hands without arthritis Joseph of Armitithea a carpenter Knew how to handle wood. Bring wood and oil for pouring This poor soul to release From the abundance of her lust, her appetite no man could cease For this disease we the Just…

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• Revival Play

  Rivers moling their way to Jules Vernes’ internal oceans Their frothed commotions roused by monsters like Komodos Bred with Kodos From outside our Cosmos The King wears purple to attend the Gala, his stall farther forward than others The King in Yellow will be performed, the King in Yellow is in attendance His visible attendants…

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