A Blossom in the House
Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels, saturated.

A Blossom in the House

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And the blossoms swung gently descending, gently suspended and gently falling through the air until they slid to a halt on the floor, each laid open and silently breathing.

Life in Paradise Part 2
The Anaya tree house in Romblon

Life in Paradise Part 2

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They came over together, grabbing another chair for our table, and then they sat down. And she looked pleased to see me, but her friend looked at me with contempt.

Life in Paradise Part 1
Rice paddies in Banaue

Life in Paradise Part 1

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She looked over her shoulder as she walked away, then she stepped through the barriers and past a security guard. And in that instant her sea green eyes caught mine and glistened under the cold neon lights.

One Night in Shibuya
Actually in Shinjuku

One Night in Shibuya

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The countdown had begun; music span from the speakers, people jumping up and down shouting out each number, thirty-nine, thirty-eight, thirty-seven, music beating out seconds.

Elephant Mountains
Love and Angst was the exhibition. Vampire II by Edvard Munch seems to encapsulate it.

Elephant Mountains

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See grainy, textured landscapes of roughened gorse and heather washed by an all-encompassing misty drizzle, the wind piercing my threadbare wrap dissolving the marrow of my elephant bones.

Love in Slough
A rainy day in Edinburgh, not in Slough!

Love in Slough

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I cast myself before her, thin feathery pencil strokes suggesting fleeting glances, eyes half closed as I feel her soft powder face on mine. Her lips breathe on my lips; cushioned pink, they have the taste of almond.

Alice
Mad Hatter signs from Alice in Wonderland

Alice

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When the woman I was making love to turned into a pig I knew that I had become too cynical. I watched her face fill out, her cheeks lose their definition and her nose turn up at me to form a perfectly cylindrical snout.