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ThePush

Sisyphus’s rock

August 8, 2016August 9, 2016 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Sisyphus’s rock rolled down again. He cursed the thinkers. Each time a meaning was given to the rock – knowledge? love? – it fell.

Emoji

August 6, 2016 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

If a picture paints a thousand words, then why πŸ˜ŠπŸ’•πŸ™ˆπŸŽΆπŸŒ’πŸŒŸπŸŠπŸ› β“β“β“

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.”

Awake

February 1, 2015 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

My eyes saw you; my heart did not. I was asleep.
At the end of the heart’s night the sun came up and you were there.
Thank you.

Open book

August 31, 2014August 31, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

β€œOpen the book, hold it in front of you, breathe in the words through your eyes.” I was the only one who couldn’t. The book closed.

Across the sea

August 30, 2014August 30, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

I followed the cross on the map you left on my heart, across the sea to the end of my world, I followed the cross on my heart to you.

Complicated

August 29, 2014August 29, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

It’s not complicated, said the alien. We created airports to run our stress engines. When we need more, we just whisper “security”.

Blind

August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

A sharp nose poked between the slats, icy eyes sparkled. His cold greasy look on my body, I walked up to the window and knocked.

Return

August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Single to Alloa.
Not coming back?
No, that’s my last time.
That’s a shame.
It’s the only way.
Well, see you then.
No. No.

Returning home

February 19, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Where was my hat? I retraced my steps and there it was, on the bench in the bus shelter. Well, OK. I unrolled my sleeping bag.

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