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TUNNEL

by NICK ARMBRISTER

 

TUNNEL

 

Tumbling end over end down the black nothingness of the tunnel, spinning down breaking my bones, bruising my flesh in a violence of movement.

Now, numb with pain I pass out as all my blood drains from my veins to be replaced by ice-cold fear. I’ve never been so afraid, all I want is peace, to rest, to sleep, to die.

My life is taken up by this tunnel, never ending...

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Sunday 19th February 2012 1:57 am

tunnel   lost   darkness   fear

NAV

by NICK ARMBRISTER

 

NAV

 

Hard to believe that the seagulls inland are lost.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  How an earth did they end up dozens of miles from the coast?                                         ...

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Wednesday 25th January 2012 12:55 pm

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