A Dead City

This is the town made out of paper-sheet.This is the corner of the world.A thin crust sitting on the knife’s slim-cut blade.Tittering in the whims of subtle airs,dull as a box,empty as the unheard voice of a screaming mouth. Its matter is ghostly and impalpableswift like the crock of an eggit slips down from your fingers,and gets away from you…

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The Bird

«I think something is wrong with it,» exclaimed Owen over the phone. «I mean this thing doesn’t move, doesn’t talk, doesn’t eat. It’s like a zombie bird that stands on a corner and doesn’t give a shit about anything.» He was stooped down as he was scrutinizing the little parrot, seating in his white cage with the dark-wooden sticks piercing…

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An Unexpected Love

«No Brian we don’t want some cool pictures of the damn hot-dog, we want the hot-dog next to a super-star with a glazing, smooth skin, holding it like gold while a bunch of women stand around him with lust, like he is fucking God,» said Zed over the phone that was hatched between his shoulder and his left cheek, as…

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The Golden Watch

«Are you sure the voting process is a good idea?» asked Jenny. «Maybe it gets a bit too competitive. You know, for the holiday spirit I mean,» «You are not scared, are you?» I say teasingly, causing a little gasp of air to stack over her neck as she touches her sternum with her hand. «You could always skip it…

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The Dinner Table

Mother left us when I was nine years old. The first morning of her absence, father acted like nothing happened. He gathered all three of us in his office, together with my little brother Joshua, and my sister Lizy, and he gave us his speech with a strict military devotion and a cold expression that made his face seem like…

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