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Old hags fly through history. On the backs of their brooms, the inevitable black cat. Ninetimes witches change magically into sinuous feline form. In mothy blackness cats’ eyes burntopaz, blood-stained ruby. Familiars, whisper secret chants. Black rites are hidden indarkness. Freyja, goddess of death, drives her chariot over wintry skies.Continue Reading

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The last of King Arthur’s knightstook the sword Excalibur by the hiltand hurled it back into the lake.The Sword formed an elegant arcas it flew through the midnight sky.Its jewelled hilt flashed in the lightof the ghostly, pale winter moon.Rubies, diamonds, emeralds, pearlsshone and glittered, challenging the starswhich so brightlyContinue Reading

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In the half-light I saw them first:galloping through strands of grey mistwhich drifted wraith-like across the fields,their hooves leaving light imprintson the cushioned grass. Their chiselled white heads, disembodiedfloated past in the growing gloomas if propelled by some strange force.Their white manes mingled with the mist,like drifts of snow floatingContinue Reading

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I’m stacking empty shelves,in an empty Superstore.Between the empty spaces,I see a strange old manmopping the black and white floor. Slowly the spaces are filled,baked beans, peas and peachesblock out my view of the aisle.Still, I hear the swish of the mopon the shop’s filthy floor. With my empty trolleyContinue Reading

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In the House only soundA few notes of Chopin in the nightVoices echo and drift in old wallsImprisoned perhaps for centuriesA dog whines from the atticThe sound wavering, plaintiveWater’s still running in the old pantryA skipping rope thumps insistentlyHigh above on the nursery floorTennis balls thud on ghostly racquetsIn tournamentsContinue Reading

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I see her now, raking the firewith an old brass poker,sparks fly up in protestat such brazen intrusioninto their warm,drowsy dying. She is afraid of death,avoids any tv murder,or prolonged, fatal illness.Drawn out, death bed dramas,occasions to put the kettle on,to rake the fire to ashes,to put the cat out,Continue Reading