{"id":5372,"date":"2023-09-05T13:18:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/?p=5372"},"modified":"2023-09-05T13:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:19:40","slug":"tales-from-beyond-the-town-pocket-editions-16-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/2023\/09\/05\/tales-from-beyond-the-town-pocket-editions-16-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales From Beyond The Town: Pocket Editions #16-#21"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I had six different colours of card. So I made six different tiny tales.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Pocket Tales #16: Tales From The Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Carousel<\/strong><\/p>\n

The circus was washed away in a storm. Now the horses only turn with the tides.<\/p>\n

Clowns<\/strong><\/p>\n

But at least the clowns no longer laugh.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Vents<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone liked the word ‘vents’<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Pocket Tales #17: Tales From The Beach<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Instead of buckets, paper bags, But the spades were still plastic.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

View From Above<\/strong><\/p>\n

You cannot escape the watchful drones<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Beak<\/strong><\/p>\n

The gulls were not amused<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Pocket Tales #18: Tales From The Fields<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In the long grass
\nthe cat
\ndreams it was a lion<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Barrows<\/strong><\/p>\n

Waves of earth
\ntwo thousand years old
\nfull of bones older still<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dandelions<\/strong><\/p>\n

They float
\nThey are lighter than air<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Slow Worm<\/strong><\/p>\n

It snakes, despite itself<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Pocket Tales #19: Tales From The Woods<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

From above everything looks green.
\nBut when you’re in it, it’s brown in every direction<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Walls In The Woods<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone loves the walls in the woods
\nOld boundaries between forgotten kingdoms
\nIdentities and purposes no longer known<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Bole<\/strong><\/p>\n

A beautiful word for a beautiful a thing<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Above\/Below<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no difference
\nbetween the above and below<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Pocket Tales #20: Tales From Mars<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Pocket Tales #21: Tales From The Candle Flame<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Look into me
\nand think
\nand wish
\nand wait<\/p>\n

_________<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/p>\n

1. Tales From The Sea was written between the 16th and the 19th of June, 2023 (mainly due to drawing all those jellyfish)<\/em>
\n2. Tales From The Beach was written on August 3rd, 2023<\/em>
\n3. And the other four were written on September 4th, 2023<\/em>
\n4. Previous Pocket Tales can be found here: #1-#4<\/a>, #5-#9<\/a>, #10-#12<\/a>, #13-#15<\/a><\/em>
\n5. If you want to chart their steady decline <\/em><\/p>\n__________<\/br>

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