HAIKU I

Image by Christine Renney CCTV a rusty camera steely glares

CATAPULT

Image by Christine Renney At a democratically decided site We will construct a Medieval catapult Launch across uninhibited terrain A grand piano A four-poster bed Rotting vegetables gathered In a giant net A huge papier mache ball Scrawled with names The people we admire

THE MURAL

Edward visited the supermarket at least two or three times a day and sometimes as often as five times. It was a habit he had acquired quite unintentionally and it had been gradual. But since losing his job he had started walking to the store on the other side of town. And frequently he found

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I am about to settle in yet another doorway, to turn and sit and watch the passers-by. But I hesitate. Others have lingered here. There are empty beer cans at my feet and fast-food wrappers and there is writing on the doors. Somebody has set to work with a black marker, covering them from top