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last call for a wayward moon

Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start…– The Sound of Music Closing time, every new beginningcomes from some other beginning’s end.– Semisonic :: she orders a whiskey, neat(there’s enough that’s on the rocks)and floats alone … Continue reading

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Still Life

.. The dress is itchy and the corset is cutting and she’s sat on her bum far too long for one day. She wishes for the squish of mud between her rebel toes, a breeze to stir this fussy hair. … Continue reading

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Nocturne in c sharp.

.. I am the night. The smudge of sky that means you can soon close your eyes and breathe deep of stars. I’ve pinned a moon just so so that you’ll know the world will still be here when you … Continue reading

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Night Sky Falling

.. Indigo. Then ink -spilled ebony, scrim-spreading like a long slow darkened smile. Midnight, and the wink of pinprick flitting star -lings, and a half-lidded moon.   .. November PAD, day 11. 

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