Anvil in a Lace Bootie

Steve Shilstone

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ARTICHOKE #poetry #nonsense thank you human for not cooking and eating me a few weeks ago pic.twitter.com/3QrqVRKzM2

10:51 am · June 13, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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3 of 5 stars to Pulp by Charles Bukowski goodreads.com/review/show/40…

12:10 pm · June 12, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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SIGNIFICANT OTTER #relationships This is Hermione, my significant otter. pic.twitter.com/KN19uzW0rA

10:43 am · June 12, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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4 of 5 stars to Post Office by Charles Bukowski goodreads.com/review/show/40…

11:38 am · June 11, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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HOW TO GO UNDERCOVER #dada 1. secret agent 2. (secret agent) 3. (...... .....) 4.

10:40 am · June 11, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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5 of 5 stars to Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham goodreads.com/review/show/40…

11:17 am · June 10, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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the color of her world. Gray, all that she has known. She pauses. The mist wisps away. Sun bright. She thrills. A shiver. She sees. She gasps. She weeps. Red is beauty in a nest of green.

10:49 am · June 10, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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Through the night she advances. Drops of sweat drip from her nose and leak from the furrows of her brow. She will not yield. Day. Success. She drags herself from the slurry onto a shore of gray pebbles. Mist. Gloom. The shadow barrier. A hedge. Gray, the color of her world. Gray

10:49 am · June 10, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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DREAM #flashfiction Gray. Silence. Two figures. ‘There,’ says one. ‘The dream. I am too old. You go.’ ‘Yes, Grandmother,’ says the young girl dressed in gray tatters. The granddaughter rises, steps out and sinks knee deep into the muck. She grinds forward, teeth clenched. pic.twitter.com/saZfBwDD9Q

10:49 am · June 10, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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SILVERTIPPED WITH GRUEL #dada #poetry silvertipped with gruel she emerges from the corn knuckled cheeks abundant, sparklestars forlorn she whinges, thumbs atremble, dustcoat ever worn woe

10:48 am · June 9, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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COLETTE #dada Colette was there on the night they invented champagne, the afternoon of the faun, and the day they broke the bank at Monte Carlo. pic.twitter.com/jy8vuUcLrX

10:45 am · June 8, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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YAKIMA CANUTT #dada Yakima secretly called himself Society Islands Lou. pic.twitter.com/GRXy5v9scg

10:44 am · June 7, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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HORATIO LEAF #dada Horatio Leaf’s red globe minions thrilled to his rallying cry. ‘On this day at this hour the field is ours for the taking. On then, my lovelies, ATTACK!’ Glory was theirs. The bloody feast saturated the silent night. pic.twitter.com/lPIM5XNqLt

10:43 am · June 6, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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THE FIRST SCIENTIST #science observed sunrise sunrise sunrise years solstice

10:41 am · June 5, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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CHESS #art pic.twitter.com/m2uvzVzIJn

10:40 am · June 4, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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PATH, HIGH SIERRA #art pic.twitter.com/hrHUTxzv6A

10:40 am · June 3, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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4 of 5 stars to Burning Your Boats by Angela Carter goodreads.com/review/show/40…

11:49 am · June 2, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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chin. The armed guy wandered over and stole Nudd’s beaded vest. The sun set. The moon rose. Nudd Nettle stirred. He sat up. Alone in the night, he momentarily mourned the loss of his beaded vest. The he got up and went home.

10:45 am · June 2, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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NUDD NETTLE #flashfiction Nudd Nettle peered left. Was that guy armed? A glint off a rifle barrel. Spin, leap, and dive. Nudd Nettle’s jaw crashed against a rock. Unconscious, he sprawled at the path’s edge. One of his boots quivered. A trickle of blood lazed from his

10:45 am · June 2, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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4 of 5 stars to L.A. Woman by Eve Babitz goodreads.com/review/show/40…

11:31 am · June 1, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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WAITING FOR GODOT ON JUNE 16, 1904 #beckett #joyce In the novel, Ulysses, Bloom on the way to the funeral notices on the curbstone ‘an old tramp sat, grumbling, emptying the dirt and stones out of his huge dustbrown yawning boot.’ Waiting for Godot, perhaps?

10:42 am · June 1, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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AN UNAPPETIZER #dada raw lark tongues on a bed of vomit dusted with bone powder

10:41 am · May 31, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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3 of 5 stars to Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell goodreads.com/review/show/40…

12:06 am · May 31, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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performance completed, the exquisitely horned being exited in glorious serenity by sailing through an open window and up into the night. The citizenry swooned en masse.

10:52 am · May 30, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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buffalo took a stance of elegance in the center of the ballroom. A single nod from the hirsute mammal prodded the orchestra to play. Gasps and swoons took up residence among the observers in reaction to the grace and supple magnificence demonstrated by the charming buffalo. The

10:52 am · May 30, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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THE CHARMING BUFFALO #dada The appearance of the charming buffalo at the head of the stairs doused the din below. All heads turned to gaze in admiration at the charming buffalo’s single hoofed gliding descent of the balustrade. The throng parted in deference, and the charming

10:52 am · May 30, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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AL ST. JOHN #dada #lies When not jumping up and down while waving his arms, Al relaxed by reciting Ovid, pawing through the thousands of lorgnettes he collected, undertaking freelance crime investigation, and drawing little tiny circles all over newspapers. pic.twitter.com/nOyqWTe1NI

10:41 am · May 29, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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SUN PRAISE #poetry #dada sun you are my favorite star and i’m not just saying that because my existence depends on you i genuinely like you you are the best star pic.twitter.com/1bGjKxvEAI

10:47 am · May 28, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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THE GATHERING #dystopia They answered the summons. They gathered silently. They advanced in somber anticipation. They arrived. They took note of the situation. They retreated in an orderly manner. They dispersed. They never spoke of it again. pic.twitter.com/AOCmPkS8Pm

10:40 am · May 27, 2021

Steve Shilstone

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5 of 5 stars to The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner goodreads.com/review/show/40…

1:05 pm · May 26, 2021