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Hi Kate, I take Tracy's point about an allegory. Like Sharon I wonder about insects/organs (the insect on its back triggered a thought of Kafka's Metamorphosis). The dynamic of flailing/groping/thrashing are pinned brilliantly with the finality of starvation . best Phil I just googled insects/organs...

hi Sharon,
Picking up on Kate's point. I did wonder about the use of livid too?
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There is a lot to like here Sharon (seascape/landscape settings/genres are amongst my fav reads). I meet him where the salt marsh sucks the earth There's a walk from Laugharne, one that Dylan Thomas often took, that came to mind. You can sit on a bench and look over the salt marsh - you can listen t...

Thanks Sharon and Tracy. 'script' > scribe or inscribe? just asking. I was trying to convey the parallel of a playwright scripting a scene. The word sounded 'speedy' :roll: Not sure. Sledges" is a new word I needed to look up, I didn't fit it to this context. Must be a UK thing. :) Could be. I'll tr...

revision We stand in awe. Our cardboard snowboarding a joke - she is laughing at us clowns. Her blades inscribe the hillside, insist on the steepest route - speed writes her fate. She tumbles and rolls, body cradled into the snowman. The lads race to help, cursing - their black ribbons of words bla...

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