still_life past background: a basement scene with black textured waterproofing bolted into the walls behind the plumbing stack. an open utility panel sits to the top left. the floor is weathered poured concrete. foreground: an oversized blue steamer trunk with varnished brass fittings. one clasp is open, the other shut. my grandmother's bible (the revised standard edition) sits on top slightly off centre, it is itself holding the internet router. the modem stands in profane pride beside. 221121 ... tender_square background: a field in the variegated colours and textures of moss, with warped wooden benches at intervals, their seats like upturned grins. foreground: a splayed hardy boys book; a wide, fat pencil with a slogan; two tubes of children's bubblegum-flavoured toothpaste with cartoon characters on the dispensers; an open copy of "the body book" (actual quote: "remember to eat when you're hungry"); a big-mouthed metal spoon; an empty ziplock baggie; and a broken syringe all scattered in the same dense, wet radius. 221129 ... past background: a cream coloured wall, paint chipped to show a rich green underneath, a slight wave characteristic of plaster. foreground: a white table with a brown ring shaped coffee stain. a small key glints in the morning sun shining from out of frame. 230516 ... tender_square background: a copse of venerable trees in an open clearing, crowns heavy with scalloped and palmate jewels. broad bases wet with the height line of days old rainfall. foreground: a fallen log bisecting a scene of domestic decay. with an electric blue goodyear box on one side, its circular gauge measuring the output of nothing. on the other, a crumpled tan towel mixing with a wash of dead leaves, two white garbage bags unfulfilled, and the plastic cover of a bike handlebar stained with the sweat and dirt of its former rider. 230625 what's it to you? who go blather from