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The Push

August 2, 2016 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Work of a moment on the crowded pavement. Bus arriving, tripping, flailing, bus arriving. Stop. “No, I don’t want a flyer, thanks.”

“Hush,” said Mummy

August 9, 2015 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Baby screamed as the polar bear leapt across the ice. “Hush,” said Mummy Penguin, “it’s just a dream. We live at opposite poles.”

Skin salt, sweet lips

August 6, 2015 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

The taste of the sea stayed with Steno though he washed his mouth with wine and ate his meal of honey. The night would be long.

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