Love Beyond A Box – A tale of two realities

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1 No matter which way I turn, or how I express or present myself, I remain restless, despite the busy family life. Perhaps turning 60 scratches at my tranquillity.I make the most of the time, though. I finish preparing the food for Maria’s return from an afternoon out with the grandchildren. We take it in […]

The Journey There – And the rhythm…

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He feels it rather than hears it. It is like a deep, piercing, heart-felt, gut-wrenching feeling that tears his limbs apart. And yet, it is also a sound screeching out of the earth and the sea, sent, like a screaming banshee from the heart of his homeland to the depths of his mind, insistent, taking […]

In The City – Choking on the dust

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Domine, exaudi vocem meamfor I am begging youto help me find a wayout of these unnatural places,where so many racesco-exist with one another,yet none treat the otheras sister or brother. I am choking on the dustof concrete, tar and steel,and must walk far before I feelthat I can breathe again,where the rain comes without dirtand […]

The Streets – Are not paved with gold

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The streets are not paved with goldthey are more roughly paved andsleeping there can get pretty coldbut he is hardly sleeping throughthe night with it’s many distractionsdespite it’s comfort inside for you And he met none of his dreamshaving come so farbut all the night-time screamsleave him cold and paleand he thinks maybe he has […]

Amy Yin – Dancing, dreaming and dying

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Dear Michael I know your secret and, what’s more, I am going to reveal it to the world. That is, unless you decide that we could come to some other arrangement. I don’t see any point in concealing my identity, because you’re not going to tell anyone else, and it would be advantageous for us […]