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SignatureThe jerkinpop just woke. Yesterday’s today has sunSignature
and the clock still spins.
Suddenly the purpose is clear. There yawns a message for me.
There is a time stamped on my hand now.
A club bashed puffs of space
leaving a trace delicately.
I’d been led into the new day
with hands twisting over. Just awoken
and signed a language into words
that I’d spoken.
by =herownyes
Oh EllipsisThe method of floating fingers above buttons Softly symbolic – indicative of the crushing loss, The ending notes The breakdown – the silent closing of song.Oh Ellipsis
Gawking at the word ‘please’ double spaced On the screens’ high definition. Dark room Blue glow. Three screens in the row.
P l e a s e Double spaced P l e a s e Triple spaced P l e&nbs
by =herownyes
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Small talkTapping the baton of her teaspoonSmall talk
twice on the saucer, a bright start,
'You've dropped out,' says his mother.
Her vision of a career in White Hall
disappointed by his small charity job
and arts trifles, not one to acknowledge
the legislative clout of poets. She's
a resurrectionist, keen to deliver him
to Society's scalpel, 'What's wrong?'
through the light percussion of cutlery, mobile phone calls, and monotone
hum, which he hears as Om.
by ~venturus
Harry, and Me in List FormYou’ll need filling in, I suppose.Harry, and Me in List Form
So, was I pregnant or wasn’t I? Well, the test was negative, which was slightly disappointing, but then a week later there was still no sign of me menstruating. The night before the bin men came, I found Harry standing by the bathroom bin with the pregnancy test box in his hand. When he saw me, he said, ‘Pips, was it midstream urine?’
‘What?’ I said.
‘Was it midstream urine?’
‘What’s midstream urine?’
‘Pippa,’ said Harry, ‘what do you think mi
by *ThornyEnglishRose
Punctuating Dialogue: A GuideStandard Punctuation: DialoguePunctuating Dialogue: A Guide
Sometimes we read dialogue so often, punctuated in so many different ways, that we either forget what we've learned (if that was anything memorable to begin with) or we rely on instinct to guide us. A common example of this can be seen in the opening dialogue of darksouldream's piece, Bobby:
‘No,’ replied Cindy `I think his sister Becky is staying with her, but she keeps muttering about parents out living children. The doctors been keeping her pretty sedated.’
Most Americans will cringe at this. Why? Well, double quotation mar
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