IAIN BRITTON syndrome
Exclusive newsworthiness.
Maybe.
Apocalyptic? A red knot of light has darkened flashed once too often. I define
phenomenon
as a dolphin surfacing to balance the sun on its blunt snout. Words incubate words lightning briefly offers a glimpse of apprehension but I am no better off. Who is this who returns each day to clean my rooms poking about the collected fragments of a beach walk. What’s in it for the inquisitive?
Fossilized life forms
glazed brittle like coral a history lesson turned yellow a lexicon for learners on how to suck eggs. Stickmen
pop up all over the house
emaciated reminders of a modified species and everyday she chases them down burns them like kindling for the sake of the neighbours.
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REM MAGAZINE
The Editor wonders: “Z or s? Two letters that represent the linguistic battle for dominance between American and British English. Perhaps they are both correct but I can never remember to which alliance I should belong...”
vol 1. November 2010