http://slow.writerscafe.org/bradnugent The original writings of author Brad Nugent en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775968781 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 beneath the eavesa spider caresses her youngwith careless abandon casting them out on gossamerto random destination slender threads of salvation  (the father was eaten) a boy waits behind glassan eye loweringgloweringsquinting out to clarifya middle perspective watching wave.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bradnugent/2816148/ what do we doabout the crow that criesat the cross of dawnperched on the vergepicking bare the bonesof the night beforehe guides a sighto the gentle riseand fallof herturnedspinesnaps on a faceall seemly eyesand crooked smilehis firmflat handsslap downthin airthree timesthis cannot beallowed to rise.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bradnugent/2816138/ mapping the shorelinein unsteady incrementshalf-sunk footprintsa clumsy metricfor navigating grainsthreshed to a fractionthen salt-sodden doublefoam-flecked shadeswashed awaythose remnant imprintsnever really wandered farand yet too far to find the wayto reinvent and start againwhere they left off b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bradnugent/2815981/ when she is goneI can still feel her clingingso I clutch her cosy blanketand I watch her favourite episodesand I mirror-echoher self-soothe swayingand I count too slowlythe sleeps to gowhen we lack the ruby red slipperswe always want to find a way home http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bradnugent/2815790/ dead leaves lie crumpledkerbside at middayhuddled in silent heatcause and effectthe many tumbledspiritedas onefrom a crumbled bunkera bleak retreatyet another apartand alone remainedgrasping star-edged and stoicto grim and bloody battle dirtheroicfrozensun-blindsun-staineda tricycle wheel spursflutt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bradnugent/2815473/