Gareth’s Wake   The toot of your horn as you drove past fell silent in the shunt and crush, the hand that waved, a useless shield. My cup cracked with the news, pulsed dark...

      The Killing I’ve been staring at the mobile phone for too long. Now it turns cold like a stone. The screen mirrors the bruised moon, litters the sky with your name. On the...

      Absconding of course, leaving would be easy, peeling away, kicking up small stones, waving rude gestures in the air, the sound of tires spinning all the way to the fork where I...

      Incendiary I’ve been deciding how my wings would look, Ruled out downy-swan-feathered (& occasionally a little bloody.) Not Victoriana fae, the era that forgot fairies are...

      The Last Fish –– is an Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, or ‘Finn’ to his mates. He was once one of 30 million tapioca eggs. You can sponsor Finn for as little as £1.00 a month. You’ll...

Passchendaele No doubt the morale of the German army was shaken by Passchendaele. It is unlikely the morale of the British army was much improved. AJP Taylor We share the same wet pitch: its pocks,...

      Infidelity Sweet Jesus, Matt swears, and collapses on the bed. Somewhere—she can’t remember where—she’d read sex puts men to sleep but wakes women up. She lies, thoughts...

      Ketchup on Okra A quaint southern diner, throwback to the 50s. Football and country music star posters dotted the walls. I splashed ketchup on fried okra. You were horrified,...

      Silly Shoes I rushed home from work for him I went totally berserk for him I wore silly shoes for him I sat and had the blues for him I laughed at all his jokes for him I...

    Walk Low Walk low in case I forget the roots of my deliverance. Walk low so my head knows it is human, and my heart touches daily the earth I will return to. Walk low in days of joy,...