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The Afterglow Publication

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Vincent W. C. in The Afterglow Publication

Your Vestige

In an hour there will be a knock on my door and I will hold your mother’s hand —

Vincent W. C. in The Afterglow Publication

Unfriended | outlines

I ask her about the dinner. She says she is not hungry.

Vincent W. C. in The Afterglow Publication

Little Satin Dress | outlines

He says I am beautiful. So shall we find a room?

Vincent W. C. in The Afterglow Publication

Another | outlines

I swear by the saints — that I will tell her when the time is right.

Vincent W. C. in The Afterglow Publication

Talk to Him | outlines

‘You really should talk to him.’

Vincent W. C. in The Afterglow Publication

love, Leander | all the signals I never caught

My sweet — these nights in Abydos have been long and difficult.

Vincent W. C. in The Afterglow Publication

I’m Going Under | heartache

Love can be a plastic bag or a chocolate wrapper or a sweaty hand.

Vincent W. C. in The Afterglow Publication

Iphigenia | hush

They say I must die.

King Agamemnon offends the goddess Artemis on his way to…

Vincent W. C. in The Afterglow Publication

The Voyage Out | farsight

it bores into you with a single murky eye. But you do not see.

Vincent W. C. in The Afterglow Publication

Underneath the Luminous Night | farsight

But where are you ? — I ought to be with you.