Our Nan exploded and then plip-plopped back together, hourly.
The doctors said it wasn't possible until the surgery blew up. The police just said keep her home. So we fixed it so she only explodes once a day.
Now we rent her out as an alarm clock for heavy sleepers.
Random Word: Fragments
The prince of darkness
kisses and strokes gently
any man or woman
Random Word: Strokes
Sitting on the bed, to pull her tights off, she said, I’m new to this.’
She wasn’t but it usually relaxed them.
Linda always told her husband, just to see his eyes mask indifference. Feeling worthless enabled both a painless love.
Undressed, she looked up and said, ‘Please start gently.’
Random Word: Painless Dentistry
Image Maker: Anonymous (Italian)
I love me parents…I’m a nurse so the right sorts of pills can make it look natural…but they need lots of looking after, physical and whatnot…you don’t let people you love suffer…me Mam don’t understand why Dad can’t speak after his stroke…I can do it.
Random Word: 7 days of Rap
a sparrow soared
higher and higher
but the farther
she flew
the darker the night
until nothing
but an Angel’s weeping eye
guided
to the love lost
Random Word: Sparrows
Will was fed-up trying to get Di to talk about how she felt since her pet dog died. Giving her a lift home, he was badgering until she suddenly screamed,‘Bereft’.
Pleased, Will said,’ I kno— Oh shit,’
Di, fresh from the dentist, was too late. He didn’t and so crashed.
Random Word: Bereft
Image Maker: 'Bennynerd'
From our bed
warm still
with your honey scent
I watch you slowly hide
the fascicle treasure
of each kiss and stroke
and store
for later counting
Random Word: Fascicle
Image Maker: Simon Pais
