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synesthesia calling

oh, to savor  the flavor of flamencothe bee-sting sour of ska.  to know a triangle has a tang, to hang that hat and call it hum.  to hold a cloud on hungry tongue as it goes scribbling by.  to swallow periwinkle phrase,devour a poem and taste the sky.  … Continue reading

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Cinderella Smells a Rat 

So, the clock strikes midnight and that’s the end of it?  The mice turn back,a lost shoe? (The damned things were killing her feet, anyway.)  Listen, Pumpkin:after all that, if he only recognizes you by size (aching feet or otherwise), maybe it’s time to for you to steal a real horse and shoo,before … Continue reading

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