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low volume days

From: Babe <listentothebabe@mail.com>To: Gordon Flanders <gordonflanders@mail.com>Date: Wednesday, May 8 at 13:00Subject: low volume days Coastal town, down south of Thailand: A young man in his late twenties is having breakfast with his father. The son holds up his phone and takes

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low volume days

From: Babe <listentothebabe@mail.com>To: Gordon Flanders <gordonflanders@mail.com>Date: Wednesday, May 8 at 13:00Subject: low volume days Coastal town, down south of Thailand: A young man in his late twenties is having breakfast with his father. The son holds up his phone and takes

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like that guy

From: Babe <listentothebabe@mail.com>To: Gordon Flanders <gordonflanders@mail.com>Date: Friday, April 19 at 10:20Subject: writing ah, but writing is such a terrible thing. Didn’t you say that once? Give it up, if you can. I tried, Flanders, because writing I was a person at

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like that guy

From: Babe <listentothebabe@mail.com>To: Gordon Flanders <gordonflanders@mail.com>Date: Friday, April 19 at 10:20Subject: writing ah, but writing is such a terrible thing. Didn’t you say that once? Give it up, if you can. I tried, Flanders, because writing I was a person at

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correspondence 4.4.24

From: Babe <listenotothebabe@mail.com>To: Gordon Flanders <gordonflanders@mail.com>Date: Thursday, April 4 at 16:16Subject: smells of piss and a home to snakes G– I remember we used to write about the books we carried around with us. I thought I ought to start

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correspondence 4.4.24

From: Babe <listenotothebabe@mail.com>To: Gordon Flanders <gordonflanders@mail.com>Date: Thursday, April 4 at 16:16Subject: smells of piss and a home to snakes G– I remember we used to write about the books we carried around with us. I thought I ought to start

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all that remains is the smell of orange 

Originally posted on hijacked amygdala:
art by geoff mcfetridge She counts the chairs in our dining room, one, two, three, four, five, six. She points to each chair as if unconvinced, her brow furrowed in concern. She circles the dining table…

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all that remains is the smell of orange 

Originally posted on hijacked amygdala:
art by geoff mcfetridge She counts the chairs in our dining room, one, two, three, four, five, six. She points to each chair as if unconvinced, her brow furrowed in concern. She circles the dining table…

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six word story no. 35

the absence of angst startled her.

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six word story no. 35

the absence of angst startled her.

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“all I want in life is to be eaten by a tiger”

Originally posted on sarahgoodreau:
a man wrestled a tiger and won. over a post match glass of sherry the man confessed he had wanted to lose. “all I want in life is to be eaten by a tiger”, he said.

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“all I want in life is to be eaten by a tiger”

Originally posted on sarahgoodreau:
a man wrestled a tiger and won. over a post match glass of sherry the man confessed he had wanted to lose. “all I want in life is to be eaten by a tiger”, he said.

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what did the maid think when she found broken glass in the rubbish?

What was she thinking when she came in this morning to find the knives gone? Did she notice they were not in their usual spot on the marble kitchen counter next to the coffee maker? She probably came across them

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what did the maid think when she found broken glass in the rubbish?

What was she thinking when she came in this morning to find the knives gone? Did she notice they were not in their usual spot on the marble kitchen counter next to the coffee maker? She probably came across them

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saturn return

The inconvenient thing about rebirth is the lack of space. There’s a mess of tangled legs behind my rib cage– the old me that’s no longer funny, no longer charming without a gin and tonic in hand, and one or

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saturn return

The inconvenient thing about rebirth is the lack of space. There’s a mess of tangled legs behind my rib cage– the old me that’s no longer funny, no longer charming without a gin and tonic in hand, and one or

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correspondence 9.9.16

It is ten o’clock where I am, at a cafe, on an island down south, where a Thai cook is watching television, having already prepared my breakfast. It is low season, and in the course of the day, I am the only one he will see.

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correspondence 9.9.16

It is ten o’clock where I am, at a cafe, on an island down south, where a Thai cook is watching television, having already prepared my breakfast. It is low season, and in the course of the day, I am the only one he will see.

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it takes half an hour to get home

She slides her feet forward so her scarred limbs stretch between the legs of standing passengers.

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it takes half an hour to get home

She slides her feet forward so her scarred limbs stretch between the legs of standing passengers.

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don’t forget the alcohol

if the next forty years
are anything like the last
chop off my son’s fingers

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don’t forget the alcohol

if the next forty years
are anything like the last
chop off my son’s fingers

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at 6am on June 21

rain early morning
i’m flying over potholes
chasing after you.

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at 6am on June 21

rain early morning
i’m flying over potholes
chasing after you.

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correspondence 17.6.16

From: Babe <listentothebabe@mail.com> To: Gordon Flanders <gordonflanders@mail.com> Date: Friday, June 17, 2016 at 9:39 AM Subject: the way the rain smells Dear G I’ve been waiting for the rains to come since early May. The locals say that this was

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correspondence 17.6.16

From: Babe <listentothebabe@mail.com> To: Gordon Flanders <gordonflanders@mail.com> Date: Friday, June 17, 2016 at 9:39 AM Subject: the way the rain smells Dear G I’ve been waiting for the rains to come since early May. The locals say that this was

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dead things

Dead Things: My flash fiction piece for the week on Hijacked Amygdala. Proceed with caution.

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dead things

Dead Things: My flash fiction piece for the week on Hijacked Amygdala. Proceed with caution.