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HINDSIGHT I could give you warning of the years to come, I recall them clearly. But advice is like medicine, often hard to swallow and only effective if taken. I could beg you to listen, but my words can’t compete … Continue reading →

DE JAVU There’s a boy in a washing machine. (You know, front loader type with glass door.) The boy’s going round and round. ‘Are you OK?’ I ask, as the machine stops. ‘Yes.’ he replies, ‘I’m OK, are you?’ ‘I’m … Continue reading →

NEITHER HERE NOR THERE The space between tick and tock is a unique distance. Too small to measure, too large to ignore. Like an unsatisfactory room, large enough to swing a sullen kitten but not a cat. The space between … Continue reading →

TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE ‘You’re never the same after a journey.’ Nadia Wheatley This journey starts with an ending, carries you on a course back through childhood— into future. This journey doesn’t ask your permission but takes you anyway, to destination unknown, … Continue reading →

TRAIN 1 There’s a train going nowhere. People are lined up for seven city blocks, waiting to board. The station platform is crowded, all ages with their bedding, a few belongings, waiting patiently. The lucky ones are on board sitting, … Continue reading →

WATCH THIS… There are no poems in space, you can’t alliterate around asteroids. Onomatopoeia’s pusillanimous in a scene where there is no sound. Sonnets and cinquains sink into Milky Way’s magnitude. Villanelle becomes vile against enormity of dead stars still … Continue reading →

THAT SONG I know the meaning of American Pie. ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, in case you think that what you thought you just head you didn’t really hear- I’ll repeat, ‘I know the meaning of American Pie.’ Took … Continue reading →

The end, always a good starting point. Though some would say the beginning should be your point of reference to start. But then, the beginning is an end, one end of the story- and the end a beginning.