Archive for January, 2008

Strange things happen

Nine o’clock at night he comes to the door. Nine o’clock at night. Nine o’clock, I ask you. I tell you, he did. To the door. At nine. What sort of time? What sort of hour? What sort of time and hour do you call this? He knocks. I answer. We stand staring at each […]

Random notices #20

• Original photograph by that Diamond Geezer fellow.

Random notices #19

• Original photograph by the eminently voteworthy Diamond Geezer.

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Random notices #17

• Original photograph by the Bloggie-nominated Diamond Geezer.

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Random notices #15

• Original photograph by Diamond Geezer.

Forget-me-knots

Her apron strings lie limp now. These days, no one comes clattering into the room, jumping up and scrabbling for attention. There are no hands ready to be rubber-gloved in the motherly love kept at the kitchen sink until the dishes are done. So she carefully smooths the strings on the gaudily patterned garment - […]

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Random notices #13

• Original photograph by Diamond Geezer.

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Cannot locate signal

I went looking for the cracked, faded and distant voice that I knew lurked somewhere in the jagged landscape, hidden unheard between distorted peaks and hushed valleys. I held the sleek, electronic seashell to my ear, and behind the tempestuous waves I could hear the faint promise of a silent sea of sound, stretching as […]