MicroFlashFiction - Steve Coel

Empty Corners [ v.5 ] - Steve Coel

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Empty Corners
Steve Coel

Stepping away
from the street
through a broken
broad open
two door,
you painfully walk
into a high congregation
of brown paper
and leather.

Once inside
along each damp tired wall
you discover annointed paint
peeling quietly,
and unclean fragile carpet,
frayed by disappointment,
falling into gloomy
empty corners stacked high
with rotting chairs.

steve coel
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The Other Day - Part 4.

Clear your mind, listen carefully and...

Made of Diamonds - Shades of Silk

Urban Gale - Hidden Gold

Rainbow Rock - Artful Artist

Fell The Heat - Saucy Mix

Puppet Theatre - Luna Mission

Dusty Blue - Tale of Milan

Jazz Master - Central Zone

Laughing Jack - Fountain of Youth

Apricot Sky - Hard Run

Coastal Storm - Scarlet Plum

Romantic Bliss - Long Cross

Admirable Art - Water Thief

New Angel - Escape To Glory

Sea of Heaven - Magic Shoes

Beautiful Stranger - Outlaw Country

don't stop breathing.

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Archive 1.

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The Other Day - Part 3.

Clear your mind, listen carefully and...

Magic Art - Quest For More

Rural Celebration - Salt Island

Urban Gale - Beacon Lady

Exotic Guest - Justice Day

Quite a Story - Raise Your Gaze

Tides Reach - Liberal Lady

Lyric Street - Cloud Monkey

Made of Diamonds - Rat Catcher

Sixties Queen - Wrap Star

Crystal Pearl - Edge of Sanity

Light From Mars - Mutual Regard

Polar Forest - Tenby Jewel

Distant High - Free Entry

Noble Reach - Spring Loaded

ToyMaker - A Decent Excuse

don't stop breathing.

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The Other Day - Part 2.

Clear your mind, listen carefully and...

Angels Calling - Distant High.

French Flirt - Gift of Silence.

Lady Bingo - Purple Lane.

Queen of Cool - Under Approval.

Frank the Barber - Dutch Portrait.

Noble Cause - Spinning Cobblers.

Take the Lead - Echo of Lightning.

Earth Drummer - Hidden Gold.

Carnival King - Sacred Square.

Whispered Times - Real Jazz.

Penny Angel - Epic Voyage.

Sticky Tune - High Mountain.

Last Gasp - Deep Blue.

Piano Frank - Window Dressing.

In Two Deeply - Just in Time.

don't stop breathing.

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The Other Day - Part 1.

Clear your mind, listen carefully and...

Crystal swing - Fruity Bun.

Energia Davos - Ohio Gold.

Silver Gent - Well Fleeced.

Ragin Bear - Memory Cloth.

Forgotten Gold - Captain Cat.

Boots and Spurs - Unknown Legend.

Powerfulstorm - Inca Drum.

Frontline Phantom - Noble Protector.

Stand my Ground - Norse Blues.

Clues and Arrows - Eagles Road.

Bronze Angel - Theredballoon.

Know More Cats - Heaven's Guest.

Awake my soul - One Word More.

Mass Rally - Sing Alone.

Set The Trend - Table Bluff.

don't stop breathing.

precisely

steve coel

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Notes for micro-flash fiction story [ National Flash - Fiction Day 2014 ].

Journal Notes: 21 June 2000.

11.15

We don't all live in the kingdom of giants like ants in tall grass on hot summer days.
No.
Some of us live in flowers above glistening streams and are happy to fly free.

11.25

And then the shutters close down and the colours disperse. Grey creeps in and encloses the imagination.
Dandelion confetti fills the air as thoughts drift backwards and forwards.
Lying by the quarry pool, the limestone water and the taste of cheap bitter.
The sound of seagulls and the smell of vinegary chips.
Beer on wooden floors.

3.30

Walking alongside a busy road, smelling new cut grass and clearing the mind.
Greys and greens and bits of paper thrown out of car windows litter the bushes. Hidden down secret lanes expensive cars and looked after gardens and trees.
The area is a pallet of colours and extremes. Edges are ill defined, blessed with both innocence and rage.
The scrubby shopping centre nestles close by. Cigarette stubs and chewing gum, swearing and teenage mothers, cheap food and closed toilets.

Illustrations not included.

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