End of a Love Affair/ William Trevor
Upstairs, in the room where the bookcases are, Harriet wonders if this solitude is how her life will be. Has she returned to her childhood place to seek whatever comfort a happy past can offer? Is that a truer reason than what she told herself at the time? Her thoughts are always a muddle […]
Abstract Love/ James Joyce
Pillowed on my coat she had her hair, earwigs in the heather scrub my hand under her nape, you’ll toss me all. O wonder! Coolsoft with ointments her hand touched me, caressed: her eyes upon me did not turn away. Ravished over her I lay, full lips full open, kissed her mouth. Yum. Softly she […]
