The Dismaying (poem)

The Dismaying (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 5 Jun 2021 in Art, Poems

      The Dismaying   Seriousness, ha, ha, ha surplus responsibility from I love you Don’t, these days, be loved Think hard, take an hour, on relevancy, on impact, on whether unimpactful relevancy counts. Is modern. Modern? Modern Modern Modern Modern Begins to look like a dark kingdom’s moniker Was modernity an early twentieth-century […]

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Frédéric Boutet: The Birthmark (complete)

Posted by ractrose on 4 Jun 2021 in Fiction, Short Stories, Translation

Frédéric Boutet A Few Blackmails The Birthmark (complete)                               “Watch the road. See if anyone comes,” ordered the blind man, a meagre fellow without age, wrapped in a mackintosh the color of dust. Through a hole in the hedge where they’d […]

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Marjorie Bowen: The Sword Decides! (part twenty-two)

Posted by ractrose on 2 Jun 2021 in Fiction, Novels

Marjorie Bowen The Sword Decides! (part twenty-two)                           Chapter VIII The King Moves     Andreas woke to find himself lying on his gold and crimson bed, sunlight glaring a long rectangle on the floor beside him. For a while he lay still […]

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From Rattus: Bears the Punishment (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 1 Jun 2021 in Art, Poems

      Bears the Punishment   I am proof of God’s existence Proof, to assemble it, I construct in opposition I make the non of a thing its being I am the eye of the storm Meaning seeks me I am taught by taped confessions Flakes of soul reduplicated Defenestrated stiffs of history Waters […]

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