Springers snuffling tracks through the flawless snowy coating. Lapping bracing slurps onto lolling tongues. Millions of receptors firing to unravel this conundrum. Plummeting flakes plugging all trace of their passing. Secret spider traps picked out in swaying filigree. Branches stacking snowball scoops for excited children. Moss covered rocks crowned in silver like aging men slouching … Continue reading Snow Walk →

I fill a space in the line leaning on the rail outside Penney’s. We shuffle and twist like horses hitched outside a Wild West saloon. Mobiles scroll to check the football scores and confirm our bargain hunters’ late return. Arm linked couples drift by, smirking at the over fifty membership of the parked husbands club. … Continue reading Husband Park →

Its half past nine in the lean to shed lined in shade prior to bed. Silent shivering in the stockinged line Shoes displayed to inspect the shine. Heads bowed waiting for the polio tread of Louis’ jab stick passport to bed. For me the leg slap, the sneering frown On your knees boy, down, down. … Continue reading The Stockinged Line →