The Far Queue

I'm Starting to Work Up Some Anxiety About this Whole Thing ~ Dan MumfordWhen we walk through a crowded thoroughfare the mind narrows its focus onto the destination; our usual facial recognition subroutine is disabled as unnecessary so that we see, b...

Dreamchild ~ Bang SanghoThe path up to the plateau of Hilly Fields had always troubled him; ever since he’d started cycling in the area. He would reach the plateau gasping for breath and on one or two occasions the spectre of his death had entered...

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With faces back-lit by atom-glow and thumbprint access to a smart world future, we ride the light-speed wave of progress ever-forward toward the waiting utopia.And we smile unsurprised by the ingenuity of humanity; with streamlined fishtailed weather...

Nighthawks ~ Edward Hopper 1942I saw you between my hands cupped against the city’s reflection on the plate glass window of some Point Road bar. You were drinking from a shot glass, 9 in the morning, 1977 and blood from a new tattoo was seeping thr...

Bando TamasaburoThe sign reads: Markov 53.4N 62.7WShouldering the bag, I step down from the train onto the platform; stuttering relays in the station’s antiquated gravity unit cause grey dust to levitate a centimetre above the pointed silver tips o...

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