O Sky

You call to me, O Sky I shall come running by Sprout wings and fly Land into the clouds, O Sky.

Death By Chocolate

Chocolate will be the death of me Dark and decadent, full of magic and mystery Tempting and teasing me with sugar and spice See how it coats and cradles tiny tasty bits of fruits and toasted roasted nuts? So evil and addictive, a dark and…

NINE

The dog rolls over, her belly a map of the world — islands and continents freckled on a pink sea. Iceland soft and smooth with fine blond hairs. Polynesia. Sri Lanka. On the inner flank of her hind leg the Galapagos, where blue-footed boobies splatter…

THE BAT TREE

you never saw such a wretched tree, standing in the middle of a beautiful, full ivy patch; the tree was dead, but had eerie life nesting inside it’s hollow; quiet during the day in it’s spooky stance, inside hangs dozens of sleeping fruit bats. Dusk…

(Hour 08) 05.30-06.30am. PROMPT, form: “pantoum”

gobble love my lolly gobble bliss bombs nut & caramel coated popcorn made by choirs of tripped out angels singing love songs to sugar highs nut & caramel coated popcorn makes my brain oh so slightly dizzy singing love songs to sugar highs with my…

StarGazer

There in the fields, with her long Black flowing hair Resides the StarGazer Twirling round and round. She leaps with her long legs She spins in spirals too She smiles and laughs. When the moon is full, she Frolics like a young fawn Enjoying its…

8

Austin was a shape-shifter. He turned over stones and there was writing underneath. I turned one once and found blind maggots writhing. When his mother asked me to look for him, Jeff came too in case Austin’s body had turned blue and wooden because of…

About Apricots

Asian origins. Armenian plums. Alexander the Great. there is a lot to learn about apricots but I don’t really want to learn about apricots, I just want to eat two that I bought yesterday and which seem less flashy than the peach. I bought three peaches, too,…

Alone after work

I’m busy he said–it’s been a long day glancing back at his phone to an article he’d started before shift he wasn’t even reading but it felt better to look at the blue screen I don’t give a fuck I’m busy too she said glancing…