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Emmeline

Emmeline

A Story by livspen


And I said she was too skinny, always too skinny.Even when she was eating a cream cake and smiling painfully.She looked ever so nice in that red velve..
Imagined Picture Of You

Imagined Picture Of You

A Poem by livspen


The lipstick left on your mug The one with Homer Simpson on the front Which says “Mmmmm, Doughnuts” when you pick it up That lipstick ..
Romantic

Romantic

A Poem by livspen


Paradox.That’s exactly what this is.His eyes and lips and hands and legs are everything theyAren’t…I picture him on horsebackBare-c..
1. Raindrops

1. Raindrops

A Chapter by livspen


Alison was playing music through the wall on the morning of Wilfred’s funeral. It beat loud at me like someone knocking their fist, knocking it ..
2. Lament

2. Lament

A Chapter by livspen


That night, after dinner, my sister and I sat on the old leather settee and she asked me for the first time: “What do think of Wilf, then?&rd..
3. Moon

3. Moon

A Chapter by livspen


*** When we looked up, it was there. The blind moon, hanging, a white silk blaze. We had never walked so far before and time was irrelevant. Her..
Careful Enchantment

Careful Enchantment

A Book by livspen


A young man remembers how friendship and love became entangled after a boy named Wilfred entered his and his sister's life.
Sparrow

Sparrow

A Poem by livspen


I had a dream I'd somehow met this womanAt a party.A summer barbecue on a windless day.But how could that be?She hung about the apple trees and then s..
Stillborn

Stillborn

A Poem by livspen


The edge of the moonIs not jagged tonightAnd the skin on your handsIs a startling whiteYour smile is a daggerAnd your black eyes are wetWith a heart i..
Yellow

Yellow

A Chapter by livspen


I found my sister reading a Kingsley Amis novel on Christmas Day. She was sitting cross-legged on the centre of her bed in her syrup-pink sock slipp..

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