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Tag Archives: sketch
Terrible Openings I Paid For
The opening of a book should break the reader apart completely – they should scream as another world bursts into the vacuum of reality. I push my paperback into my rucksack – I don’t care if the pages get damaged. … Continue reading
Morning coffee in action.
A doodle of someone waking up to the smell of fresh coffee in a mug.
Posted in Snapshots
Tagged art, Benjamin F Jones, bfj, black coffee, coffee, doodle, dyslexia, graphite capsule, love, morning, picture, sketch, swirls, twiddle
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Administration for Beginners
A the battle of the sexes is played out in slow motion behind me. I speak to an administrator who thinks he is God but cannot tell his arse from his elbow. He whines and wallows in the confrontation – … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Prose Poetry
Tagged admin, administration jobs cardiff, administrators, arse, battle of the sexes, Brunel House, Creative writing, elbow, flash, November 2000, painting, Prose, prose poem, short prose, sketch, slow motion, snapshot
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It’s Nearly Christmas
On health and safety grounds and to comply with the terms and conditions of some of our leases – we regret we cannot allow any Christmas lights or any form of decoration that will damage the fabric of our building … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Prose
Tagged 2001, Benjamin F Jones, Brunel House, c109, christmas, christmas lead up, creative prose, Creative writing, decorations, farce, festive, Health and safety, office dystopia, office life, Prose, short, sketch, terms and conditions, tinsel, vignette
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Delays Possible: Cambridge to Hatfield
Cambridge is crowded and clotted with the glow of memories. Delays announced. Freight haulers stop and stare as I board the train and look out at the city of my birth. A whistle – punctuation and we pull away past … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Prose Poetry, Snapshots
Tagged adventure, Ashwell and Morden, baldock, Cambridge, Cambridge to Hatfield, Creative writing, delays possible, foxton, Hatfield, Hitchin, journey, Knebworth, leaving, Letchworth, Meldreth, observation, Prose, prose poetry, prose-poetry, Royston, Shepreth, sketch, sketches, slow train, Stevenage, train journey, trains, travelling, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn North
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