finding them hiding i don’t know how Rueben knew they were there but he did somehow sensing he’s always been good with live things bringing home frogs & birds & countless other creatures to the safety of his heart before always … letting them go…
Tag: dropped the sky
(Hour 22) 19.30pm-20.30pm. TEXT PROMPT: tenderness
tenderness Stella and Ryan keep bickering About petrol, spark plugs, tires And anything else they feel like. Constant since they “re-found” me Not that I was ever lost. I always knew. Sometimes wish I was still underwater. Better than air pods deep pools. We’re crawling…
(Hour 21) 18.30pm-19.30pm. TEXT PROMPT: less than 50 words: must contain umbrella or almond
umbrella? no way not for me you don’t get it i don’t need an umbrella want blessed rainfall on my skin always keeping me clean, safe from harm away from whatever’s in that alien Agent Orange eviscerating everything good real & warm into soulless dust
(Hour 20) 17.30pm-18.30pm. VISUAL PROMPT: a mattress bed in a flower bed
mattress bed in a flower bed catching what i can : sleeping when & where & as i can : the odd dreams continue : this midday : confined to : a double mattress : made up as a bed : white sheets : in…
(Hour 19) 16.30pm-17.30pm. TEXT PROMPT: poem for a city, real or imagined
just do it i never came down to the city often it’s only a 90 minute drive but there never seemed a reason never felt at home surrounded by so much concrete & so many people so even though that one particular peccadillo has been…
(Hour 18) 15.30pm-16.30pm. TEXT PROMPT: moment of joy
glad day don’t ask me how it’s happened : because i don’t understand : & confess i remain : skeptical : but apparently : a message : has arrived : via the survivors’ underground network : a hodgepodge of crystal radios : gossip & tall…
(Hour 17) 14.30pm-15.30pm. PROMPT: mythical monster & silhouetted image 3 figures against blue slit
dam & blast ahead : a narrow strait : dripping water : darkness : pale blue light : beyond : as if under neath : an endless ocean : forcing down : desiring only : to drown : anyone near : the wall whispers :…
(Hour 16) 12.30pm-13.30pm. TEXT PROMPT: last line question, title the answer
Nobody knows What are they? Where did they come from? Will the human race survive? Will the earth herself? How the bloody hell did they just obliterate 7 billion people & countless billion animals, birds, insects in a millisecond? & the hardest one of all,…
(Hour 13) 10.30-11.30am. TEXT PROMPT: something bad that went right
TEOTWAWKI since reuniting with Rueben Ryan & i haven’t been as “close” as we so wonderfully were before need to find a way to say that even though it took the world almost (& maybe still) ending it was worth it to discover you
(Hour 12) 09.30-10.30am. BOTH PROMPTS: a gathering + photo of several drums
drumming circle another group of those : half humans : burnt by the Pulse : possibly made mad : by the pain : have surrounded our camp : i’m angry at myself : i didn’t even know we were being followed : perhaps the winery…