by Ivory Web | May 6, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
25 along West 23rdis the Hotel Chelseaa place people goto talk to ghosts in the damp wallsfeet and carapacescratchturn crisp loose wallpaperinto a sounding boardthe sound of bedsthumping againstpartition wallsmoans and criestears and shoutingtime hangsin the...
by Ivory Web | May 5, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
THE DECIMALISATION OF EMILYEmily is 36.48 years oldshe's 1.65 metres talland measures36.3827.2and 36.33 recurringShe weighs in at 128.54 poundsas her weight hasn't got used to kilograms yetShe has regular habits0.84 of the timegoes to bingo 1.6 times a weekand...
by Ivory Web | May 1, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
EntropyShe lies inert, in her hand the phone waitsstatic.Wears a smilelike the other girls.Hair straightened — salon shine,because she’s worth it.Perfect skin,regular uniform teeth;she flipsthrough Cosmopolitan magazine.The phone...
by Ivory Web | Apr 30, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
white ink (07134 258796)there it sat – the numerical love note written on a napkin.never had a 3 or a 7 shined so bright. even to a magpie.the 0 swirled like a whirlpool of disappointment, while thewinking eye of the number 9 mischievously giggled ather...
by Ivory Web | Apr 29, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Sex With David AttenboroughHave you noticed the way the way David Attenborough says sexual? Sek-sule… He just has to put those syllables together and you're in the realms of two slugs dangling from a thread of mucus beneath a branch, glutinously entwined for...
by Ivory Web | Apr 28, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Say It Subdue meMake a berry jewelIn the furnace of your throatHold it on your tongueHang it in the airMakeMe Wait,Roll it from thereInto my ear.Make me submit,Start to say itSwallow it,Let the colour of the thoughtFill the airA hue of desireA tracing.Translate...
