Witch
December 28, 2011
Old, I think, or maybe just made to look old. A fairly blank face to passers-by, although she tells them what she is – but if you look, there is a trace of menace within, never expressed, ever implied. Pockets, empty then full, empty then full. Fluids frothing forth, foul liquors caged in ice. The witch has the capacity to drown your sorrows; to drown you.
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December 30, 2011 at 8:38 pm
[...] swathe of definitions in the Discreet Dictionary for 2011. My favourite from this batch is Witch, which was written in relation to an adaptation of The Little Mermaid that I was involved with [...]