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“So it was a bad night. But this morning the room is white and silvery shadows roll across the ceiling”

“She is so brown and lovely, the sun rim blending into lighter colours at her neck and wrists. The edge of the pillow in her mouth, her hip a mountain further down the bed..”

“On the nail above the bed the black holster and gun is coiled like a snake, glinting also in the early morning white.”

“One morning woke up
Charlie was cooking
and we ate not talking
but sniffing wind
wind so fine
it was like drinking ether

we sat hands round knees
heads leaned back taking lover wind
in us sniffing and sniffing
getting high on the way
it crashed into our nostrils”

“One of the cages had a huge owl. It was vast. All I could see were its eyes — at least 8” apart. The next morning however, it turned out to be two owls, both blind in one eye.”

Such silly, interesting little details