Mark Heathcote

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I have 597 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
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Mark Heathcote

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Living sparks in the dark

The world will fast collide With its own beginning, Then silence shall reign Supreme again, I surmise. Then there’ll be no more singing. Joyous, choirs shall be silent

Right before your eyes

In a unheated bathtub Numb, let us bathe cold to save. Darn your pockets dear But there’s no money, here Save the bones Of an old Christmas turkey

Lay waste to my own dark wastelands

I have no rest on sea or mainland… Although I’ve ask for, His helping hand As yet I’ve not rest in His right-hand

River Street Urchins

River street urchins, The gutters are swelling. [Waiting…] for the sky—you and I To reach— the storm drains of joy. Before we go… Before we let, go. We too will rain…

A losing hand poker

A poison text… A poison flower… In a poison, heart... “How can we draw blood? And say that we - belong Together as just good friends And remain forever in a storm

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