Category: …scribbling

Because I wanted to say Hello KittyBecause I work in financeBecause you seem anxiousBecause I grabbed your pussyBecause you got the ElmleaBecause you’re having kittensBecause the secret’s out  Because the…

What’s the time, Mr Wolf?8 o’clock. Beta blockclick unopened postConsider avocado toast What’s the time, Mr Wolf?It’s ten. Battle the menWould Barbie do?No idea – hide in the loo What’s…

English, andcuriously canine;pale, interesting.The hedgerow florist’s stocks are up pink cheeked, she nods –a sunny countenancenecessary for a social climber. They ramble; she scrambles,reaching beyond what was allocated to herThose…

I read the news today, oh boySomeone somewhere had just won a war,Or perhaps they had lost; it was hard to tell.Fill up those heartsClick an answer in this predetermined…

The day ended in the same way it had started: with a list. After the usual items – shelter, food, health – she added some specifics: the bobble-hat bought on…

Stop the car, I say.In the blink of a hazardI cradle the woodpecker,a thing for the page –this thing with feathers. Rhyming couplets would bring more lucksyntax, meaning, thought –…

I’m playing leaf or butterfly– sad as solitaire –seeking friendsamong falling soldiers change changing changedsame saming samed –we’re prisoners to cycleswar, nature. Me. I’m playing butterfly or leafQuick, boys! Among…

They’re making it again.Victorious in formation,straight as a red arrow ‘Up yours’ they say,‘It’s our turn in the timeshare.This is an annual booking.’ ‘But the bed’s not made up,’ we…

vegetarianismit’s the 90s and you only eat Linda McCartney burgers. Everyone considers you rather odd.  veganismyou don’t consume the burger – and you tell everyone whyendlessly.  demi-vegetarianismyou get drunk and order…

No-one told me how essential magnolia blossom was to my mental health wrote the woman on Twitter lips curled pink musk purple rain heaven in a suburban flower