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the fawn

something soft fell to the earth that night

still warm from descent, chalk on slate

the sleep abandoned heard the faint hum

the damp leather crack as it hit the island

pulsing, the colour of ripe corn and battery yolks

the smell of june drop fruit and charcoal

from its bowels crawled a single, white fawn

all teeter and stumble, dripped with mucus

from the throat of a child, grunting and screaming

sweet armageddon, a crown of ashoka atop its head

 

 

◄ he must be full by now

it is a sphere ►

Comments

Big Sal

Mon 10th Sep 2018 03:29

Like a scene out of a Guillermo del Toro film mixed with a hue of Tolkien. ?

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Stu Buck

Mon 2nd Apr 2018 16:06

thanks both and a happy easter to all!

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Martin Elder

Mon 2nd Apr 2018 10:59

You are ever able to mix the macabre with that which is beautiful in a way that is quite stunning
Nice one Stu

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suki spangles

Sat 31st Mar 2018 13:42

Hi there Stu,

This one would be fabulous to read out methinks!

Anyway, a Happy Easter to you!

Suki

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Stu Buck

Sat 31st Mar 2018 12:57

thanks guys. figured i'd celebrate easter in my own special way, with demonic fawns and psychotic rebirth. works for me!

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Tom Harding

Sat 31st Mar 2018 12:05

Lovely vivid word work stu

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raypool

Thu 29th Mar 2018 22:17

Quite like Dylan Thomas in the telling Stu. Strong meat, but with your usual delicacy alongside, and loving attention to detail. I see John Hurt and the Alien sequence too.

Ray

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Stu Buck

Thu 29th Mar 2018 11:04

cheers rachel. its not a bad place to be, my mind, just a little overactive at times!

elPintor

Wed 28th Mar 2018 23:48

A vivid and disturbing vision. I would say that I envy your imagination, yet I must think, "be careful for what you wish."

Had somewhat a shudder,

Rachel

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