“I am not a poet”, said Tina, irritatingly. “I just write poems.”
“Urgh,” said Claire. “Just… urgh!”
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Notes:
1. Written in 2022 sometime
2. Sorry I cannot be more precise than that
“I am not a poet”, said Tina, irritatingly. “I just write poems.”
“Urgh,” said Claire. “Just… urgh!”
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Notes:
1. Written in 2022 sometime
2. Sorry I cannot be more precise than that
“If infinity is a number, Claire, why don’t you try counting to it?”
“Why don’t YOU try counting to it?
“Because I can’t.”
“No one can.”
“Well I can!”
“Go on then!”
“I will!”
“She won’t!”
“I will!”
“Well what are you waiting for, then?”
“I’m getting ready.”
“You’re so annoying Claire!”
“Not as annoying as you!”
“Yes you are, you’re the most annoying person in the whole galaxy.”
“Yeah, you’re the most annoying person in the entire universe, Claire!”
“Well you’re the most annoying person in infinity! Both of you are!”
“What about me?”
“You’re even more annoying than that, Daniel! You’re even more annoying than EVERYTHING!”
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Notes:
1. Written on December 31st, 2022
__________1. The Shop
The shop sells whatever it can sell. You never know what you might find. Once it’s gone it’s gone, replaced by something new from the basement down below.
2. The Basement
The basement is full of all the things it can hold. They enter through the doors at the back, push forward towards the stairs at the front, all clamouring to be next on the shelves in the shop far above. It’s dark down there and they don’t like it at all. They dream of arc lights, window displays, glimpses of the sky, and so much more.
3. Beyond The Basement
No one knows what lies beyond those doors at the back of the basement beneath the store. Things come in through them, but when, but how, but from where.
Of course we do not care to know the answers to these questions we often ask. Whatever we found out would not please us, that much we know. Better to live in ignorance, better to invent some tale all our own.
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Notes:
1. Written on 20th October, 2022
__________“It is not a number, Claire!”
“Of course it’s a number. It’s the biggest number! Like a really big 8!”
“It’s a concept, Claire!”
“You’re a concept!”
“Claire doesn’t know what a concept is, Tina.”
“I do. And you’re both concepts!”
“What about me?”
“You’re worse than a concept, Daniel! You’re a notion!”
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Notes:
1. Written on December 31st, 2022
__________#1: The Spider
scuttling across ceilings
spitting at me
all my splendid children
demand to be free
#2: The Cat
only in sleep
are we truly ourselves
and no one is themself
more often than me
#3: A Crow
you cannot
you will not
ever
scare
me
#4: David
My beard is like a tangled bush
filled with cobwebs
and bees
rotting fruit
and sparrow’s nests
crisp packets, carrier bags
and old coke cans
turned pink over time
by rain
and sun
#5: The Ghost In The Well
I am no longer alive
and you are not yet dead
but give it time
and we’ll be together again
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Notes:
1. The Spider was written on May 20th, 2022
2. The Cat was written on June 4th, 2022
3. A Crow was written on January 3rd, 2023
4. David was written on May 10th, 2022
5. The Ghost In The Well was written on November 11th, 2022