D. J. Reddall

Joined June 2022

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I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.

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Galumphing Back
Beware the orange troll, my little lads and lasses, Lest his eyes fix on your assets, your labor or your asses! The lips that lie, and hunger for all things
By D. J. Reddall25 days ago in Poets
Working Conditions
Take away respect There can be no trust and no Sincere devotion
By D. J. Reddall26 days ago in Poets
The Book Club
Propriety permits propinquity Provided that all our drawers stay up Selecting art's harmless society We taste of, but do not drain, lust's warm cup
By D. J. Reddall26 days ago in Poets
You Will
You will wonder how this can be the world You will believe in elaborate lies with perfect sincerity Your dutiful patience will be a fat vein for hungry teeth
By D. J. Reddall27 days ago in Poets
The Spoils
The raucous gratitude of starved ravens Drowns out the quiet speech of sanity All of our warm, familiar, clean havens Become cold, arid, hostile and filthy
By D. J. Reddall28 days ago in Poets
The Wedding Night. Runner-Up in What the Myth Gets Wrong Challenge. Top Story - March 2026.
When I was just a lad, my parents told me that we were going to see the ocean. I was not a clever lad. I thought they meant that the ocean is someone, whom you could pay a visit if you liked.
By D. J. Reddall29 days ago in Fiction
The Eumenides
Slay your enemies Thus will you inspire those Who yearn for revenge
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Poets
The Balcony
Here is no synonym of loneliness Solitude suffonsifies and sustains I feel evening’s mischievous caress My modest light, a sparkling watch maintains
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Poets
The Entitled
Why do you mistake Your desire for things for Proof you deserve them?
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Poets
Cold Speculation
The river speculates about the footprints Fluent in many dialects of flow Across the surface, a remote sun glints Who was this walker, swanning to and fro?
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Poets
The Stenographers. Winner in Everyone Is Acting Normally Challenge.
"What do you do with yours? After work, you know?" "Oh, mostly LLM training. They gobble it all up." "They sure do. I'm writing something, so I sort of feed mine into that."
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Fiction
Mimetic Mammals
When we think we are Improvising, we may be Parroting parents
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Poets