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Posted on September 19, 2019September 19, 2019

Someday(.)?

I should (someday) write while on that journey.

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Posted on September 19, 2019September 19, 2019

Waka By Will: Chust Some Choka

In summer sunlight, Autumn gestated/beckoned.

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Posted on September 15, 2019September 30, 2019

The Floating Harbour: Chapter 7

Chaos to get into.

The tattered tethers of the known to leave behind.

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Posted on September 8, 2019September 8, 2019

The Floating Harbour: Chapter 6

The life, suspended, lives nonetheless inside, its mind in the past, its present; my mind in the present, my past.

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Posted on September 1, 2019September 1, 2019

The Floating Harbour: Chapter 5

There are clouds, in flux from grey to white, in the blue that the grassed hill climbs into, some walls of stone and little paths mark it, near the trees, for settlement.

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Posted on August 26, 2019August 26, 2019

Hiatus

Here/However/H’anyway…

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Posted on August 26, 2019

And The Cat’ll Follow

I (Lo-fi-Japan-infused) write for Monday morn’.

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Posted on August 25, 2019

Against Another Tree In Queen Square

Quite & very welcome.

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Posted on August 25, 2019

Contemplation

Pla (-netary).

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Posted on August 24, 2019

To Keep From Writing

Take the ink from the (FlexGrip) pen; articulate the uncontrollable.

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Posted on August 24, 2019August 24, 2019

The Floating Harbour: Chapter 4

“You’re a… spirit. Or a stroke…”

“Or a girl.”

“Or a Cheshire Cat.”

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Posted on August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

What Even Are Haiku?

I know it’s not 5-7-5… but does it even need to be short-long-short?

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Posted on August 22, 2019

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Absorbent mimicry, aping all at once together.

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Posted on August 20, 2019August 20, 2019

…

Am I ever writing this? You were always reading this. The stars knew they were burning…

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Posted on August 19, 2019August 19, 2019

Each Time No Longer

I never stopped. But…

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