I
sit here
without you
alone but for
the splash and gurgle
of our shiny river.
Above me the mountain waits
snow tipped, and bubbling clouds as when
we first met, thinking it was the love,
that sings as birds waken the morning sun.
But you only wanted rest, to gather strength for another’s song.
Random Word: River
Harold stood his ground.
‘You cannot say ‘ain’t’. It has no grammatical basis even for Americans.’
‘I as the gun, me can say what I like.’
Random Word: Grammatolatry
She sat smiling, waiting. Sitting in the shade just meant you roasted slower. The beer was cold in the glass, moist air gathering and dripping down its side. He picked it up and started to drink, slowly. She waited for him to share but like her marriage, it drained away.
Random Word: Don’t bogart
‘This is very difficult. The protocol is that as you are dead, your son succeeds.’
‘We understand your difficulty but this is not our wish.’
Random Word:Royal we
Spring was when he cried. When the leaves fell, making a golden floor, he would dance and kick. In Winter, he would laugh and keep giggles in ice to make drinks fizz. Summer was the time of quiet warmth. But Spring, he visited and sat on his grave to remember.
Random Word: Spring
Fiona asked as politely as she could, ‘Tea?’
Alice hesitated and then poured milk into the cup first. Fiona sniffed. His date was a floosie.
Random Word: Lingua Franca
‘We find our children loose their spark if they experience F.A.I.L.U.R.E. In our Pass the Parcel, children individually swop and share so they can experience the importance of giving.’
‘It ain’t the real world.’
‘At St Oswald's, that's the world our parents pay for. Are you perhaps seeking a scholarship?’
Random Word: Sportsmanship
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