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Switch

August 25, 2014August 25, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Her love was on a dimmer switch. Fading from light hard and bright and long, it disappeared with a click that broke his heart.

Well

August 24, 2014August 24, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

After a day at the pit, she salted the well with her tears. They drank all she dragged home and wanted more. She cried again.

Rose 1

August 23, 2014August 23, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

– A rose by any other name…
– What are you on about?
-I ‘m saying, it don’t matter what it’s called…
– I am NOT eating a dognut!

Double

August 21, 2014August 22, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Same again pal.
Here you go.
Cheers. And again.
No worries.
Make the next one a double.
She gone again?
Aye. Gone for good.
Aye.

Cast

August 20, 2014August 20, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

I was asked to cast my idea net wide, to pull in the stars that sparkled, the sequinned confetti on the breeze. I was asked to.

Night in the urban park

August 19, 2014August 19, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Night in the urban park. Footsteps following. The owl screech was sharpened rusty knife sharp. The rusty knife though was silent.

S got married

August 18, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Many years ago today S got married. Too young, too hasty, to the wrong person. No cake, no candles or cabaret. That was then. Things change.

Clip

August 18, 2014August 18, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Clip, clop, clippety troll!
Clip, clop, cloppety troll!
Clip, clop, clippety cloppety troll!
PLEASE STOP POSTING TO MY FEED

Gold (2)

August 17, 2014August 17, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

In the land that prized gold as the colour of eyes, Jaime was a mystery. Eyes the colour of fire that burnt forever. She saw it.

Gold (1)

August 17, 2014August 17, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

The golden flecks that shone through her mum’s hair were real gold. Her dad was a barber and said so. So why did he keep working?

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