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Hell Bay
The tide is enthusiastic. It rushes coves and bays. It combs seaweed hair and heaves white over rock. The seagulls yell, ‘A storm is coming.’ – Benjamin F Jones
The Wong Shape for this Journey
Kettle breath windows are blind white. Each station tips passengers into the carriage, they wear clothes sewn from cigarette smoke and rain. The bloke next to me has thighs like filing cabinets. I know where I am by the sound … Continue reading
Posted in Flash
Tagged Benjamin F Jones, Cardiff to trehafod, commuter bunny, commuters, creative prose, Creative writing, creative writing cardiff, creative writing rhondda, daily routine, flash, graphite bunny, laptop, observation, odd one out, outsiders, rain, sleeping baby, synchronisation, thighs, thighs like filing cabinets, train, valley train service, valleys’ rain, vignette
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A Man Trapped in the Instant of Falling
The car is parked and I’m in the driver’s seat. People swirl with bags of clothes and toys for pets. Flat pack furniture washes against the paint work. In the rear mirror I see you’re asleep. I don’t know who … Continue reading
Posted in Prose Poetry
Tagged absence, absent bunny, amnesia, Benjamin F Jones, car park, child, children, danger sudden drop, depersonalisation, DPD, driver, father, fatherhood, flash, flat pack furniture, forget who I am, forgetting, graphite bunny, memory and recall, memory loss, mental health, mental states, newborn, parenting, prose poem, retail park, Retrograde amnesia, semisomnia, semisomnium, sleep, sleeplessness, snapshot, tired, vignette
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I cut a slice
November crisps puddles and steam rises vertically from air conditioning. I cut a slice of pie from the window’s wet and look out onto the woodworm streets. At the corner a girl in cut-offs bitches at her boyfriend and shivers … Continue reading
Posted in Snapshots
Tagged abuse, air conditioning, anxiety, belittling, Benjamin F Jones, condensation, creative prose, Creative writing, damp, damp house, domestic abuse, graphite bunny, hunched, insecurity, laughter, mental abuse, mental health, November, observation bunny, prose poem, prose poetry, self-actualisation, snapshot, view from my window, view from my window execise, vignette
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