i lie alone

 

“And my tongue stiffens into silence,

thin flames underneath my skin prickle and spark,

a rush of blood booms in my ears, and then my eyes go dark.”

 

~ Sappho ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in May 2019.

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I LIE ALONE

“And my tongue stiffens into silence,

thin flames underneath my skin prickle and spark,

a rush of blood booms in my ears, and then my eyes go dark.”

~ Sappho ~

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in May 2019.

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STRANGE HOW WE MET

 

“We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it.”

 

~ Anthony Burgess ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created in August 2020 from two scans of a signed Penguin edition of A Clockwork Orange. From the author’s personal collection.

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