'Never satiated' (published in Big Red Cat Issue #2)

Scream if you need to go faster, if that's your desire, say the old adage: the customer is always right, is king, and so survey their subjects with dispassionate eyes, demanding. I order some nibbles and remain at the bar with every fibre, despondently slotting them in like a 10p machine rigged against us, until the bowl is clean. The light dims and kitchen closes so I settle and slip home. Never satiated with another bite, another course; a cigarette with the ash hanging on. Drag this skinny fry through that mayo and swallow whole. I feel like an eclair slammed in a car door, dairy on passenger seat, on headrests, which detach if you were sinking as weapons with which to smash through a window and escape. I keep one to hand now. The rest is articulated elsewhere, not in words but senseless consonants clattering in gibberish. I have no business to settle with you. The conversation ends, and here you are: playing chess as both colours to win.

Photo Credits

Welcome to the Stanza Room: Edited by Giuliano Piacentini from Pngitem.com

Sign on the Door: Edited by Giuliano Piacentini on Canva

"Our intents do not align" – a duo of poems: Photo by Siora Photography on Unsplash

The Storm, an episodic poem: Photo by Anandu Vinod on Unsplash

"Into the new day" – a hopeful trio: Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

Stay for another, a short story: Photo by Edgar Chaparro on Unsplash

Figments, a poem: Photo by Alexandru Trandafir on Unsplash

Regardless, the Sun – a verse: Photo by Simon Wilkes on Unsplash

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