Empire of Whimsy
Poems, stories, alternative realities.
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Musings on Time
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The time it slips, it slips away. Handfuls of sand through fingers greying and shrinking inside their skins, knuckles gnarled and buckle...
Romero
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Romero was a romantic. Voluntary Zombification wasn’t included in his epic. Nor was informational monetisation . We are the mu...
Skyscape
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Hillside. Blue sky. Breath blowing above squinting eyes. Watch the clouds sprinting by. At once- a dragon, a lamb. Souls of ...
Annie Ziyah Attacks
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Annie Ziyah would drink tea but wrings her hands incessantly. Hunched and bunched and bundled in her cardigan she is the plague ...
Cheesecake: The Prequel
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Wake up, late. Dry mouth. Morning after the house warming party before state and yawning, stretch. Slight retch at tequila backw...
A Shout Out To My Online Stalkers
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Shen yn aggle t’orrym writing lines Nar ta lane yss ayd t’ou data mined. Jean eh my shegin dyt. Lig dhou ginsh yn irriney dhit: ...
Lucky in Cards
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We wear our palms out applauding luck as if there's any skill in such; like raffle tickets are determined by solid research. Candles...
Comprehensive Revelation
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They’ve worked out I’m a cyclist, but not a pedaled clown. I don’t take ‘roids to speed me up, I use yellows to slow me down and I n...
Kate
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When discussing women who can change the world I would be remiss not to mention this girl. She is witty, bold and beautiful. She loves...
Too
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it’s tomorrow already and all days are gone. what once was hope’s now broken, floating motes. it’s too much already a...
Bis Illustrated
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Manx Lit Fest 2015 - Ep.1.
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This year's Manx LitFest was a whirl of inspiration for me. I managed to attend more events than last year, but still not all of the...
The Ballad of Bob and Mary
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***TO BE READ IN A BROAD NORTHERN ENGLISH ACCENT*** Bob and Mary live in a semi. They spend most every evening watching repeats on the...
Some Poem
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We are all searching for some meaning. This curse of consciousness silk screens our experiences into something more than just living...
Education
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“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.” is used usually at the end of a speech in that tone of sneering smugness reserved for...
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Perdita
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As I woke the other day the sky broke. Big, grey splotches on concrete. Each one a cocktail thrown by an ex-lover in defeat. Dre...
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The Other Man in the Photograph
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I got to the scene and wouldn’t you know, there were people about, watching the show. Squinting eyes under clammy palm, I can just a...
Superpowers 101
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Definitions of self are elusive at best, Perceptions formed through actions or reactions or inactions that surprise. The lies we...
Perseid Nights
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The gift of a science celestial. It’s the atmosphere’s firework festival. The night is a warm one, breath-catchingly clear with the ...
Chance Encounter
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She came in breathless, restless, shaking looking for something calming to take in light of the heartless news he’d broken. Miles fr...
The Company (Part 1)
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Once there was a company that traded magic beans. It co-opted people’s tragedies, it monetarised their dreams. Selling wishes gr...
Dear World
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Look, we need to have a chat. I’m getting a bit fed up with dealing with the fall out of your drama. And it’s not only that, m...
Ugh, People.
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“They didn’t get rid of you, then?” They all said, eyes glinting. The gossip-beast slavering to be fed. “Got rid of me? Hah! For w...
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Avowed Renewal
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Trust rusts When taken for granted. We’d started not to see each other. Another role to fulfill. Being responsible against our...
Simon Andrews Memorial Lap
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We gathered in our thousands to rend the sky with roar. To celebrate the lives and rides of those who went before. Armour plated...
Home and Hospital for the Incurables
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Gothic institution, high on island hill. Oceans of ink. A sky entirely made of quill. The Warden’s keys jangle alarmingly in the lock....
Rant
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Fear steers our ideals. I like to pretend that my intentions are guided by pride in my liberty but honestly, it’s obvious ...
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