Tag Archives: food

Consume

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Helen

They say never go to where the trees meet in that forest. Where their branches and roots clasp to one another like some silent, waiting web. If you go there, they say, you don’t return. The trees are hungry, they … Continue reading →

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Battery Hens

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Helen

Back in the day I felt sorry for battery hens. Didn’t we all? Caged up, cooped up, there only to live then die then feed others. Feed us? Barely able to move, stuck in the seeming eternity of waiting until … Continue reading →

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Eye

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Helen

What do I spy With my little eye? The food on my table The day that you die What do I see Running from me? A sheer delicacy Waiting to flee Reptilian cold I am so old Your fortune told … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Two: Gluttony

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Helen

I couldn’t stop.  No-one could.  We just woke up this way, part of the ‘hungry world’. Someone said it was a curse that some warlock had made out of anger, spite or just to test his power.  Others said it … Continue reading →

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