Someone in another room blew his nose. Loudly. A real goose-honk. It startled me. I know what had happened but the volume shook me out of the thoughts I was in, my eyebrows went all the way up and I gave a little sniff. He then went for a second, full clear out blow and […]
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I look around me and feel calm and a growing anticipation. My heart is racing now, but the beat is steady and sure. A new force is about to enter this peaceful place and I am a willing participant. My eyes focus on the dismembered limb and I soak up the diminishing moments of calm […]
Continue ReadingStupid Zucchini
I had to sign into a building using a tablet. Pretty routine technology with the obvious fields like purpose of visit, mobile number and of course my name. I typed the first three letters of my given name and the Auto-Fill came up with the suggestion: STUPID. Rough! I hadn’t had this particular insult derived […]
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I used to assemble flat pack furniture. It is simple work and at times repetitive. When left to concentrate on each assembly I found it meditative. Flat pack assembly requires no tertiary training or qualifications. The instructions come in the box along with Allen keys and online help is only a smart phone away. I […]
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The eagle lands on the side of its nest on very top of a big gum tree. She has just ridden the warm thermal draughts hundreds of feet into the air, surveyed the open fields below before diving down onto a rabbit that didn’t have the time to be startled. That unsuspecting rabbit is now […]
Continue ReadingEpic Rooster Rap Battle
TIGER (The Crow-m MC) -100 bpm- (You’re listening to The Crow-M MC Y’all, Psycho Chicken! Bok x 9) I was always gonna be, start-in’ this Cause I was born to be, the fastest, chick! First one here to cock-a-doodle-do The terror, of, a backyard zoo Yeh, too loud, too pretty, too much for Mt Eliza […]
Continue ReadingOne Tough Chook
“Where are they?” Speckles marched back and forward in front of the closed door to the chicken coop. Just beyond the door was an orchard completely still and unscratched. She could almost see the bugs taunting her from beneath the soil. A wild dove landed right in front of the closed door causing Fudge and […]
Continue ReadingShe’s a Good Egg
Fudge was yelling at the top of her lungs. “I LAID AN EGG. JUST NOW. IN THE NEST. CHECK IT OUT. HEY EVERYONE, CHECK OUT THE EGG I JUST LAID. NOW. HAS EVERYONE HEARD? IN THE NEST. THAT EGG IN THE NEST, THAT WAS ME. I DID THAT. DID YOU ALL HEAR ME? I LAID […]
Continue ReadingThe Case of the Missing Eggs
Butterscotch’s day began like any other day. To her right she could see her three sisters and to her left, Ginger. She blinked her eyes and stretched her right wing and leg, fluffled her feathers, stretched out her left wing and leg, and then fluffled her feathers again. Butterscotch was first to wake every morning […]
Continue ReadingWho’s-The-Fluffin’-Man?
“When I start strutting, you girls sing: Go, go, go, go Tiger, it’s your birthday, gonna party like it’s your birthday. Or you could go with a chant like: Be impressive, be, be, impressive. Anything along those lines. Alright, here I go. Girls? Hey girls, where you going? Comon, it’ll be fun. Just try […]
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