<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232893302903382487</id><updated>2011-07-08T00:44:33.467+01:00</updated><category term='poetry ellen &quot;ellen&apos;s story&quot;'/><category term='poetry poem'/><category term='love'/><category term='poem poetry abstract'/><category term='wake'/><category term='poem poetry 2009'/><category term='toast'/><category term='&quot;peanut butter&quot; relationship love &quot;short story&quot; memory breakfast'/><category term='&quot;short story&quot; sex memory emptiness'/><category term='death'/><title type='text'>For Puck</title><subtitle type='html'>Shot out into the ether</subtitle><link 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href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/8510218976845930989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/8510218976845930989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/2010/07/moving-blog.html' title='Moving the blog'/><author><name>Disconnected</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZH3zGhtySms/StCe25p3joI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Q-o9fF3tWVc/S220/Tear+here+for+love.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232893302903382487.post-7424796685501336250</id><published>2010-07-06T18:47:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-06T18:47:55.907+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cut it</title><summary type='text'>Almost never cut itYour arguments weren’t validHours melting like snowflakesWhile we were living in squalorAlmost but never cut itYour body a prize to die forThe powerful wear stilettosI could never afford itAlmost never, so cut itEscape is also an opiateStranded I turned to vilenessRespect for nothing but powerI almost never did cut itRiding in on a donkeyMy dismount was left unnoticedIn rags </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/feeds/7424796685501336250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4232893302903382487&amp;postID=7424796685501336250&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/7424796685501336250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/7424796685501336250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/2010/07/cut-it.html' title='Cut it'/><author><name>Disconnected</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZH3zGhtySms/StCe25p3joI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Q-o9fF3tWVc/S220/Tear+here+for+love.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232893302903382487.post-6670150571738501542</id><published>2010-07-02T10:31:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T09:30:14.666+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry ellen &quot;ellen&apos;s story&quot;'/><title type='text'>Ellen's story</title><summary type='text'>Sagacity was Ellen's friendShe often went for older menThey would be sternAnd wine and dineTheir thoughts would set her sex on fireTheir voices deep, their gazes strongThe list of her demands was longHer foot was arched, lips ruby redShe listened, giggled, gave them headHer life was rich, the men were oldO, glory to the young and boldOne night two men of Ellen's metIt was an accident, KismetFirst</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/feeds/6670150571738501542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4232893302903382487&amp;postID=6670150571738501542&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/6670150571738501542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/6670150571738501542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/2010/07/ellens-story.html' title='Ellen&apos;s story'/><author><name>Disconnected</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZH3zGhtySms/StCe25p3joI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Q-o9fF3tWVc/S220/Tear+here+for+love.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232893302903382487.post-5816943361719089144</id><published>2010-06-30T11:56:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T11:59:03.113+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry poem'/><title type='text'>Summer days</title><summary type='text'>Go back to summer daysWith breadcrumbs on your dressAnd angry geese and beer and ticksAmid the heat and hateOf men creating fame and moneyI water flowers on the windowsillSubmerged in cityAnd the bark of dogs and peopleMy chest is bare because of heat. Is yours?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/feeds/5816943361719089144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4232893302903382487&amp;postID=5816943361719089144&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/5816943361719089144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/5816943361719089144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-days.html' title='Summer days'/><author><name>Disconnected</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZH3zGhtySms/StCe25p3joI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Q-o9fF3tWVc/S220/Tear+here+for+love.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232893302903382487.post-1988696073735155592</id><published>2010-06-27T21:30:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-27T21:40:45.875+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poem poetry abstract'/><title type='text'>No title</title><summary type='text'>She chastised me for metaphorsAnd offered her body as proofAmid heat and jackhammer noiseWho was the puppet this timeOn strings made of comeAnd bitemark dials on skinWe lost momentum quicklyOur diaries written in silenceYou the artist; me the slut</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/feeds/1988696073735155592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4232893302903382487&amp;postID=1988696073735155592&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/1988696073735155592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/1988696073735155592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/2010/06/no-title.html' title='No title'/><author><name>Disconnected</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZH3zGhtySms/StCe25p3joI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Q-o9fF3tWVc/S220/Tear+here+for+love.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232893302903382487.post-6026474499134061248</id><published>2010-06-24T22:25:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-27T20:26:40.100+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poem poetry abstract'/><title type='text'>Maria sang</title><summary type='text'>Maria sangAbout true beginningsHer hair was stripy with sweatComing backCalling out from the hazeWhere longing is fueled by cheap wineYou are lateAnd so am I againThese moments never truly happen</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/feeds/6026474499134061248/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4232893302903382487&amp;postID=6026474499134061248&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/6026474499134061248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/6026474499134061248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/2010/06/maria-sang.html' title='Maria sang'/><author><name>Disconnected</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZH3zGhtySms/StCe25p3joI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Q-o9fF3tWVc/S220/Tear+here+for+love.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232893302903382487.post-2272743026483649975</id><published>2010-06-22T11:33:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-23T16:40:48.841+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poem poetry abstract'/><title type='text'>We were always out on Tuesdays</title><summary type='text'>We were always out on TuesdaysWe fled from the glareAnd our waters never brokeWe never hesitated to lose the momentWe rode in on elephants at sunsetAnd conquered both sunlight and fleshNothing was coupled with anythingOur swansong was gossamerBut our fists were clenched</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/feeds/2272743026483649975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4232893302903382487&amp;postID=2272743026483649975&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/2272743026483649975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/2272743026483649975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/2010/06/we-were-always-out-on-tuesdays.html' title='We were always out on Tuesdays'/><author><name>Disconnected</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZH3zGhtySms/StCe25p3joI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Q-o9fF3tWVc/S220/Tear+here+for+love.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232893302903382487.post-5515849801782135231</id><published>2010-01-07T20:49:00.000Z</published><updated>2010-01-07T20:51:24.940Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poem poetry 2009'/><title type='text'>2009 - A summary</title><summary type='text'>Let's drink to end this year, so many endsOur closest dreamers turning dry and bitterOur hands reach nothing, all we get is glitterWe strive so hard, but cannot make amendsLet's dream to end this end, so many yearsSo many drinkers turning spry and boringWe're out of drugs, they even stopped the whoringBut we shall force our way to joy from tears</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/feeds/5515849801782135231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4232893302903382487&amp;postID=5515849801782135231&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/5515849801782135231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/5515849801782135231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/2010/01/2009-summary.html' title='2009 - A summary'/><author><name>Disconnected</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZH3zGhtySms/StCe25p3joI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Q-o9fF3tWVc/S220/Tear+here+for+love.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232893302903382487.post-4175908860521879765</id><published>2009-10-25T23:14:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-10-25T23:21:04.535Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><title type='text'>October toast</title><summary type='text'>It was an evening in October. I was back in the country for another ten days for work. It was dark, cold outside. The dog was on the kitchen floor. He had already entered his last phase – sleeping, being petted, peeing and eating. Not that he ever was a playful frolicking dog, but now he was moving on, he knew the deal. Everyone else was gone. Was Lex eating? I can’t remember. I think we were </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/feeds/4175908860521879765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4232893302903382487&amp;postID=4175908860521879765&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/4175908860521879765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/4175908860521879765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/2009/10/october-toast.html' title='October toast'/><author><name>Disconnected</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZH3zGhtySms/StCe25p3joI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Q-o9fF3tWVc/S220/Tear+here+for+love.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232893302903382487.post-8479676653282916881</id><published>2009-09-30T00:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T21:40:10.136+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;peanut butter&quot; relationship love &quot;short story&quot; memory breakfast'/><title type='text'>Peanut Dream</title><summary type='text'>She is sitting at the kitchen table perched on a chair, feet tucked in. The cup of coffee is standing in front of her, ringlets of steam curling upwards in a slow, gyrating stream. The smoke takes me back to a memory of her hand holding a cigarette, smouldering and trailing smoke - it is winter, and we are both shivering as she is speaking excitedly, while we stand outside of the shabby looking </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/feeds/8479676653282916881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4232893302903382487&amp;postID=8479676653282916881&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/8479676653282916881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/8479676653282916881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/2009/09/peanut-love.html' title='Peanut Dream'/><author><name>Disconnected</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZH3zGhtySms/StCe25p3joI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Q-o9fF3tWVc/S220/Tear+here+for+love.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4232893302903382487.post-3579681602286351378</id><published>2009-09-27T13:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T21:26:10.921+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;short story&quot; sex memory emptiness'/><title type='text'>Cold Foot</title><summary type='text'>The recollection came as a shock, a snapshot suddenly projected into the insides of my retinas. Cold, as a central theme in one of my earliest short stories. It was, for me, vividly autobiographical without having to do anything with reality; a view into a dream landscape through the eyes of a boy. I may not have been a teen particularly full of angst, but there was enough to dream up a story of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/feeds/3579681602286351378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4232893302903382487&amp;postID=3579681602286351378&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/3579681602286351378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4232893302903382487/posts/default/3579681602286351378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://forpuck.blogspot.com/2009/09/cold-foot.html' title='Cold Foot'/><author><name>Disconnected</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZH3zGhtySms/StCe25p3joI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Q-o9fF3tWVc/S220/Tear+here+for+love.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
