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EssJayBaxter


Stories
4

Player Active
9 Feb 16 - 22 Oct 16

Twitter
@EssJayBaxter


He said he wanted to wear my face like a hat. I thought it was a sex thing. He took out pinking sheers from his bag. I was wrong. @130story

I put my wobbled-out tooth under the hall rug like Mum said. I caught her later - retrieving it and burying it in a plant pot. @130story

I urge myself awake.
Fingers. Eyes. Toes.
Respond.
I fight the ventilator, pushing fetid air through me.
I am here.
Respond.
@130story

We use the rhythm method.
I am allegretto - 112bpm - a heartbeat at pace. Him? Staccato and then long pauses.
We are discordant. @130story