Click. Deh-ne-ne-neh duh-nu-nu-nuh dah-na-na-nah duh-nu-nu-nuh. The bassline jolted Bill into frantic dance abandon, like it always did; the song was Debaser, by the Pixies....
Karen closed the book, and sighed.
"Is that it?"
"That's it," answered Uncle Karl.
"I don't know, it just seems... it's not finished."
Uncle Karl picked up the...
Bad enough that we broke, our
Frustrations had multiplied like bacteria.
Our dreams weren't realized, and had grown spiky in parallel, like the deepening lines on...
Reading poetry is good for you
Like broccoli and sprouts
Like vaccinations
Like checking the pressure of your car tyres
Like removing the matted hair that blocked the...
The beauty
The delight
The agony
The fear
The endless possibilities built above the vault of emotion
I listened to them being described, plotted and extrapolated
Like Euclid's parallels, stretching...
It's us versus them
And I'm them; I don't know us
And I'm weak
And I'm bad
And I'm down
And I'm one
I'm speaking
No-one else is listening
The chorus
Comes towards...
This website showcases content created by Eric Priezkalns, who also uses the pen name Ray Blank when writing science fiction. It includes stories, essays, poems, short films and audio recordings.
