He added her name in black marker scrawl To the white corner wall on the way to school. It was the first Monday of September term. She was embarrassed, enchanted, too, But, mostly, just worried what her mum would say… What her friends would say… what her sister might say... But, mostly just worried what … Continue reading Errant Markers.
St. Bartholomew's Day 2018. Dear _______, Hello! I hope that this finds you well. I enclose a mixtape & some accompanying words to read... Pinky & Perky. I was, one morning recently, walking from the new exit/entrance for East Croydon toward the WC (that is to say, Whitgift Centre, though, these days the abbreviation seems … Continue reading Dead Fox In Mid Seventies.
…the good ear stuff He woke to the sound of the rain on the roof; a kind of tin drum samba tapping out a truth. He woke to the finger-snap splashes on the asphalt beneath. Summer, of a sudden, was over - and all in the space of a sleep. The sheets snagged at his … Continue reading Paradise Avenue: Mark William Gullick (album)
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