Keeper of Question Marks at https://xitter.cf/t.co/d5n4eyc6vD

West Sussex, UK (and Europe)
Joined October 2015
Pearl pursed her lips and the latest spoonful dripped, like a spilt sunset, down her chin. Rose sighed and tied another knot in her frayed patience. Sometimes she wished her sister would #hurl things or scream. But she just sat there. Silent. Inscrutable. Like the mice. #vss365
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This beautiful willow was cut down a few days ago, and it hurts my heart 🍃
The mass of catkins dis #orients my eye. As if the camera dropped an inch when Spring took this snapshot of itself. #vss365
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"Oh no, no, no, no, no!" Mrs Finch shook her face to an approximation of #vermilion. "Not again. Not here..." The dalmatian nudged past his owner, bumping her into silence. He edged towards Rose and sat, gazing, at the pale, silver-haired, astonished child in her arms. #vss365
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"Who is it, Gussie?" A light skip and hop of a holler came bouncing down the hall. Mrs Finch frowned and hissed. "Augusta. Call me Augusta in company." "Yes, yes, sorry, my dear." A small man, dressed top to toe in #dragonfly blue, grinned conspiratorially at Rose. #vss365
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"What do you mean she wouldn't let you in?" Wellington raised a bony hand to #shift his astonished lower jaw back into place. "She's a very assertive child, Sir." "Enough excuses, Upsilon. Those mice have authorised a dangerous experiment, and I need you to stop it." #vss365
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At the flat foot of the hill, the two Agents paused for breath. The morning had turned #muskmelon, and Eta shook off a curious itch of warmth. Upsilon flipped open a crisp, black notebook. "Right, now we need to find..." "Hallooo!" A round shout rolled down the street. #vss365
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The shout was followed by a waddle of equally round policeman. His hat perched a little high, as if startled by the fuss. "Hide!" Eta dived into an alley. "Upsilon, come on. Before the #snollygoster catches us!" Upsilon sighed. "Come out, lad. Meet Constable Middle." #vss365
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Seahorse papas tiffle among the seagrass, their curves rife with tiny life. They do not dream of what lies above the waves. Their bellies sway to the rhythm of the sea, and they watch angels rise and fall like sunlight through the water. #LandmarksVSS
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Tamsin S. retweeted
A tiffle of beetle script, meandering in the tree wood.... #LandmarksVSS #tiffle
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This year, the #mommet wears a patchwork coat of many #colours, but he does not dream. He does not need to. In centuries without sleep, he has seen fat cattle and lean cattle, bountiful grain and blight, and whole families bowing their faces to the ground. #LandmarksVss #vss365
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At each #stage, from #wath to wax, the backstrap sinew grew stronger; with every arrow, it weakened. Isiah's bowstring, like Isiah himself, hasn't aged in three hundred years. But both were stretched too far, too often, by the time Isiah was hanged. #vss365 #LandmarksVss
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I remember when your voice came to me in the long grassy cool of summer, carrying all the #law of light and shadow, breezing in from river to land hello, soft as butterfly, upon ears eager to listen, and our smiles fluttering away beyond sight to long ago longing. #vss365
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Tamsin S. retweeted
Never an #intellectual, he walked in the rain, jumped in puddles and placed bets on raindrop races. I remember how people despaired of his obvious failings, but with my graduation certificate still in the drawer and dry days before me, I envy, wanting to get my feet wet. #vss365
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She lit a lamp of ancient sun, evaporating dark into deepest blue of sea, and lay for a moment upon her bed, an aching #shipwreck of long ago, a treasure beating in her chest. Yes, she said, once upon a time, as her curtains drifted like seaweed on the morning's tide. #vss365
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#vss365 My pinkie stretches to hit delete; the keyboard refuses to respond. I use the mouse, highlight the treacherous text as the cursor winks a #sardonic code in ASCII that only Nixie or AI can decipher. I watch another chapter unfold: Nixie razes a village and births a dragon.
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