Category: REPOST
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Waiting and thinking
The wind blew the dusty grit right into our eyes as we stood at the wagonette stop. Since the great sandstorm, and motorised vehicles were written off in one foul-tasting swoop, we’ve all had to go back to the old-fashioned way of travelling by horse. Those with the money had their own horses or five,…
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Ivy Giles
Ivy Giles is the farmer’s wifeOr was, as the case may beFor when she was in her human lifeIt was Seventeen Sixty-Three Patience, her faithful dogHad a loud and ferocious barkAnd Silas, her trusty mogHad an aversion to the dark She had a pig named Primrose BlueWho didn’t like the catHe wasn’t keen on Patience…
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Wine Taster
The red wine was warm, sweet and sickly. Not to his taste at all, although he pretended to enjoy it. He smiled at his companion after taking another sip. He liked this part of the chase; the teasing. He knew he would be quenching his real thirst very shortly. Another filler for today; a repost;…
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Contract 42: The Eternal Circular
Queenie noticed the bus approaching in the distance, over the brow of the hill. “That’s an old bus” she muttered to herself as she rummaged through the stack of old Lottery tickets and sweet wrappers in her handbag, looking for her bus pass. She didn’t speak aloud, although there was nobody else with her at…
The Mansionic Perspective 