birksy

"It's just my luck to see the dog not nodding his head at me, instead it shakes indiscriminately. I wondered what it meant, perhaps just his neck was bent, perhaps the shelf where it sat, leant. Of c..."

"I'm past 180 today, not going to make it, and that thought makes me smile, doesn't matter if I'm stopped short, because I already know, and what I know, doesn't scare me. I guess it's just something y..."

"At war, within the trench, above my head, certain death, keep it down, chest to the ground, hold my own stinking breath. Where's there to go, I'm in the black of night, hands, head and legs feel tigh..."

"I leap, fall down, pretend I banged my knee, ask for help, look into your eyes, will you treat me, will you believe that I want you near, I will strain myself to get you, and when muscles tear,..."

"There's petals on my lap, didn't know I was in blossom, but then I've been so barren, I guess it was time for me. I like this new found flourish, it's a while since I felt okay, never thought anything..."

"In my hands a cushion, blown up before we did, full of air that I breathed when we were still together. So now I release the valve, squeeze it tight, hear the whistle, let it mix with the stale stuff ..."