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SHEEP and HAVE were having a cocktail at the Lexicon Lounge. SHEEP seemed somewhat morose.
“I’m fed up. My life just doesn’t seem to have much meaning. Well, it’s really only two meanings, isn’t it? Ruminant mammal and person too easily led.”
It removed the little umbrella and took a swig of its Prefix on the Noun. It waved the glass in HAVE’s direction.
“I wish my life was more like yours. You get to do such interesting stuff.”
HAVE gazed into its Subjunctive Sling. “Do I? I don’t know. I just don’t know. I’m so busy all the time. Is it really worth it?”
“It is! I’d much rather have your life than mine.”
SHEEP gave a half-sob.
“I’m… just so tired of following the herd.”
“Ha!”
SHEEP looked at HAVE. “What?”
“Nothing.”
HAVE blew bubbles down its straw.
It frowned, and tried sucking instead.
“Well, I’ve made up my mind. I’m going to have a complete makeover!” said SHEEP. “You won’t recognise me.”
“Fair enough.”
HAVE stared groggily at SHEEP.
“Who are you again?”
They met up at the lounge again a week later.
“So what do you think?”
SHEEP sat down opposite HAVE.
“About my new look!”
HAVE leant forward and stared hard.
“I’m not sure I...?”
“Oh, for…” SHEEP sighed. “I’ve gone plural!”
“Oh-h-h-h-h-h.”
HAVE nodded.
“Subtle. I like it.”
“I’m fed up. My life just doesn’t seem to have much meaning. Well, it’s really only two meanings, isn’t it? Ruminant mammal and person too easily led.”
It removed the little umbrella and took a swig of its Prefix on the Noun. It waved the glass in HAVE’s direction.
“I wish my life was more like yours. You get to do such interesting stuff.”
HAVE gazed into its Subjunctive Sling. “Do I? I don’t know. I just don’t know. I’m so busy all the time. Is it really worth it?”
“It is! I’d much rather have your life than mine.”
SHEEP gave a half-sob.
“I’m… just so tired of following the herd.”
“Ha!”
SHEEP looked at HAVE. “What?”
“Nothing.”
HAVE blew bubbles down its straw.
It frowned, and tried sucking instead.
“Well, I’ve made up my mind. I’m going to have a complete makeover!” said SHEEP. “You won’t recognise me.”
“Fair enough.”
HAVE stared groggily at SHEEP.
“Who are you again?”
They met up at the lounge again a week later.
“So what do you think?”
SHEEP sat down opposite HAVE.
“About my new look!”
HAVE leant forward and stared hard.
“I’m not sure I...?”
“Oh, for…” SHEEP sighed. “I’ve gone plural!”
“Oh-h-h-h-h-h.”
HAVE nodded.
“Subtle. I like it.”
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sweaterse
when you've a love
in repose,
all quiets
are woven together.
all worries and
worships and
weathering
kept, cared,
covered.
every summer
warms, every winter
draws closer.
and the silences
sweeter than
heaven.
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Escaping with style
There were no blaring sirens or flashing lights as I dashed down the corridors, but there might as well have been. Data streaming across one side of my goggles told me that I had successfully triggered the alarm when I took the hard drive stack. I knew I had four and a half minutes until the security forces arrived. When I reached the security door I was already sending signals to my devices connected into the system. A crude video relay looped images of the empty corridor into the security camera feeds. The data mining box cut the stream of keyword-laden signals with which it had been scattering the building system’s attention. Grinning at my own ingenuity, I hit the unlock button. How many other thieves would have got in by manipulating the mood of a building’s computer systems? But then, how many other thieves understood the emergent emotional states of high end electronics? This was why I'd been hired. The door failed to hiss open. Frowning, I slapped the button again. Still
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cladach eachtrach
Our shadows were children
the horizon a nightlight,
my skin Vodka white
in the womb
of the Atlantic,
bioluminescence
like sparks
conducting electricity
strip wire symphony,
naked limbs paired and
easily divided
in the remainder
wading
between constants;
prenatal combination,
the tide rolling in contractions,
and like ships to harbor
it bore us to shore.
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