‘Your life in 140 words?’ Old man Jones struggled with computer talk.
Raising his voice, Ernie said, ‘No, 140 characters. Try it.’
Thinking, old man Jones said, ‘I can do it in six words. Born, fall in love and died.’
‘But, pardon me, you’re not dead…Mr Jones…Mr Jones?’
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It wasn’t the ghost or the Hal-like computer that annoyed him but the ‘Alcohol Banned’ notice – this was one bad nightmare. He must have left the holoset controls open for the kids to break again. As a punishment, he’d switch them off and play on-line with his real children.
Random Word: Annoyed
‘It wer his tea-chest. I wanted bad.’
‘But I put it to you that you then cut his gizzards out.’
‘Me thirst wer awful and he said drink rum.’
Random Word: Chest
Hospitals in suburbia with neat gardens and coffee morning nurses disgusted him. Liam so wanted the guts and pus of street medicine. Where to heal gave a life some meaning. Here he just re-fitted bodies long after any reason for living had died. Making a funeral, a long rehearsed prayer.
Random Word: Suburbia
Bank holiday weekend…and its raining.
Len rattled the garden gate. To beat Roy, he needed his prize seeds. Roy, who'd read Machiavelli, heard the rattle, and sprinkled the decoys.
Random Word: Haggard
The autumn leaves
changed colours
but you were spring
with its hopes
not a misty regret
of winter
shivering
by a log fire
alone
Looking back
I still dream
although summer
with gentle walks
along green riverbanks
picking wild flowers
never came
but you gave our child
her own seasons
as I wait
for you
Random Word: Autumn Leaves
