Breathe spilled like bone
...Ariana shrugged facing Josh’s mocking clap
the stringy harmonica rang acrobatically on the streetlights.
He handed her a firebomb,
eyes sharp as vinegar.
They ran across the hot asphalt,
wat...
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Categories:
acrobatically, allegory, allusion, deep, dream,
Form: Free verse
Breathe Spilled Like Bone
...Ariana shrugged facing Josh’s mocking clap
the stringy harmonica rang acrobatically on the streetlights.
He handed her a firebomb,
eyes sharp as vinegar.
They ran across the hot asphalt,
wat...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
acrobatically, abortion, anxiety, cinderella, extended
Form: McWhirtle
Parenting Is a Balancing Act
...My kids like myself were instructed on how to wash clothes as soon as they were tall enough to reach into the basin without falling in. Parenting 101 calls this the see-saw or teeter-totter effect, w...
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Categories:
acrobatically, children, parents,
Form: Prose
Escape From the Planet of the Apes
...Midnight plus fifteen, the streets come alive,
Spilling tattooed mobs, teeming motion-blurred
From the bars, karate and kung-fu moves in car parks
And upon telephone kiosk phone books.
Kebabs s...
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Categories:
acrobatically, life, people, places, social,
Form: Blank verse