I kissed her, he

I kissed her, he explained, aggrieved. Mmm, yes, I had the dubious pleasure of witnessing that, ah-hem, overly public occurrence. Lyall sharpened his pen nib, using a small copper blade that ejected from the end of his glassicals. Well! Why hasn’t she done anything about it? the Alpha wanted to know. You mean like whack … Read more

She dealt her pretty

She dealt her pretty words like Blades — How glittering they shone — And every One unbared a Nerve Or wantoned with a Bone — She never deemed — she hurt — That — is not Steel’s Affair — A vulgar grimace in the Flesh — How ill the Creatures bear — To Ache is … Read more

Youth is the season

Youth is the season of tragedy and despair. Youth is the time when one’s whole life is entangled in a web of identity, in a perpetual maze of seeking and of finding, of passion and of disillusion, of vague longings and of nameless griefs, of pity that is a blade in the heart, and of … Read more

We saw Time\\’s varied

We saw Time’s varied traces Were deep on every hand – Indeed, upon the people, More marked than on the land. The bands that once with firmness Could grasp the axe and blade, Now move with trembling motion, By strength of nerve decayed. The change in form and feature And furrows on the cheek Of … Read more