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The Bright Blue Sky
The bright blue sky: a memory
Of our infancy, bathed in light.
In a cloudless recollection,
We dare to revisit those days,
When, brim full of freedom from care,
We ran and pedalled like the wind,
Unfazed, it seems, on our stick legs,
Licking clean our knocks and grazes.
Old snaps solidify our smiles.
This lost land of the all-possible
Soon dimmed its way to school and...
Monday 16th June 2025 8:19 am
A Ballsy Tradition
Wednesday 9th April 2025 5:32 pm
Machynlleth 1982
Bodies are burning their oil lamps brightly
from the windows overlooking the church
their silhouettes shape-shift on the bedroom walls
as they move from room to room,
neither stand still long enough for you
to grasp who or what they are,
televisions flicker in accord
as if planned in some way, it’s strangely romantic
as if part of a passion play – and I am the only one h...
Saturday 15th March 2025 2:28 pm
splinters
there is a splinter in the pad of my thumb.
I don’t know how or when it happened,
but do know where.
our house has no floors thanks to the hurricanes.
the bottom is concrete;
it collects dust faster than we can sweep.
the top is subfloor;
we have to wear shoes inside to prevent splinters.
my little sister forgot.
one got stuck in her foot before school.
she was only getting out of ...
Friday 10th January 2025 5:08 am
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