Eggs sizzling in the rivers of fat from the bacon, sausages and black pudding of others
As they pile on the pounds that threaten to consume them, to suck them into their own
vortex, their own centre of gravity, the iris of the self.
A black dot contracting and expanding.
Pulsating.
Gasping
Hanging on
At nine AM
for its last breath
until
it swims away like a black tadpole
in a downfall of freshly squeezed orange juice
diluted by creamy warm coffee
stalked by hot scalding tea
bumped along and shifted into
a soft yolky sandpit landing …
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Published by The Silly-Savvy Salopian
Freelance writer and descendant of the cave dweller and outlaw, Humphrey Kynaston. Banished from Shropshire for my eccentricity, I have made my home in Suffolk. I write poetry, short stories, travel journals, comedy gig reviews and non-fiction articles. My wish is to write my way back into the heart of my birth land. All writing commissions (and free holidays in Shropshire!) considered.
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