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For the Sun to Fade Her

What is the question you ask when the coffee is thick as blood and the radiators carry warmth like ants into the hive? I got a parcel this morning, a rare butterfly from Cerro Catedral. I must attach the Latin … Continue reading

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Car Parking

Sun feathers in the creases of my jeans. The light is calked over the car window and pressed into my skin. Soft cheese, pork salad, Cheshire; rolls individually wrapped in tinfoil, labelled with a marker pen in shorthand. I feast … Continue reading

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Launderette

No Drying Only. In any other business more machines would be installed to coin in the jangle. She had large eyes and lashes like a rabbit. Her auburn hair was tied back and decorated with a ribbon. Chipped Formica to … Continue reading

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In the Half-light

The charity shop has changed its stock for summer. In the half-light jewellery brings a touch of flair to iridescent costumes. The model with the tweed suit has crimson hair which faded in last year’s sun. Her eyes follow me, … Continue reading

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Novel Writing Winter 2013

Novel Writing Winter starts on January 1st 2013 and runs through to March 20th (for more information see SarahPotterWrites). So what is my novel going to be? I am looking at a collection of prose poems, called Nosedive Crawling, which … Continue reading

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