Author Archives: Cadbury Fife

5: The ratatat madness of human affairs

Solitude was bliss, for Cadbury Fife. Bliss undisturbed by the ratatat madness of human affairs and the ceaseless clanking of the machinery that held things together. Of course, this time of bliss was usually spent planning his own affairs and how much ratatat madness they would … Continue reading

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4: A troubled woman in a dirty window

Through her Gin & Lemonade, Selia stared the evening storm down. It had begun pouring rain outside her home and she felt very wet, though outside her skin she was as dry as a bone. Her thoughts ricocheted between acquiescence and … Continue reading

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3: Squander my solitude with your presence

Returning to Cadbury’s office, Selia again found herself disoriented. The ambiance had shifted dramatically and now resembled something akin to a sauna room at a morgue. A dankness had also swept the outside sky and either night was falling early, or … Continue reading

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2: Please do not take a seat

The reception at Cadbury’s Detective Agency was a sordid affair, overrun with trinkets from eras that either were long past or yet to arrive. Entering from a new direction Selia noticed that it looked like an entirely different room, an … Continue reading

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1: The appointment, so called

Slapping the private entrance to his office as he walked through it, Cadbury Fife had arrived. He calmly oriented himself behind his desk and then, just as he was deliberating between placing his feet on the desk and placing his … Continue reading

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How I found love at the shopping mall

I fell in love with a corpse in a stairwell, I fell into a corpse that I saw swinging, It fell into my path of parabolic love swinging from a stairwell ceiling, With love but not feeling I was unexpected … Continue reading

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Everything is sad except for sadness itself

Events occurring one level above real Floating in crowds in total blindness Chatting to masked men in alleys in the city Whispering harsh platitudes to walls Re: the murder Everything is sad now ‘Cept sadness itself Killings planned out in … Continue reading

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It Seems That I Recovered You

I remembered you in that moment, Staring for no adequate reason across rocks and loose binding meanings. Holding strings of touch and taste together, Kicking dust and watching clouds resultant. Eventually I began to walk. I swung my arms in … Continue reading

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God’s Most Gracious Gift

As a little girl Jean spent her time Waiting for God’s most gracious gift To be delivered to her In sandals and in dresses Learning how to be curved Jean stood by roadsides in different countries Waiting She drank poisons … Continue reading

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San Francisco: The Rub

The smell of you is revolting The decay of flesh breaking away From the humanity Being reborn here In the hills In the urine strained streets Burbling hobo techno homo sexual suction action Getting traction on the clickety clack Boardwalks … Continue reading

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