“Yeah, I dreamt that a demon leapt onto my bed out of the shadows, held me down and ran his nail over forehead while screaming that, if I wouldn’t choose to see the truth he’d pry open my third eye and force me.”
Heritage by D.I. Jolly
Heritage by D.I. Jolly A prose poem It was 4 years to the day that the letter arrived, four years to the day since the incident where my father, a quiet man with a strange sense of humour apparently lost control. It had often been said that he used to tell himself jokes, because only…
A Secret Everybody Knows by D.I. Jolly
The friend’s jaws dropped and for a moment it looked like they might actually hit the floor. Then the one pulled himself together, put on a smug face and said.
Disaster Adjacent 2 by D.I. Jolly
Content warning: Violence and themes of rape.
Love’s Dream
I watched the person I love most in the world grip hands with a dream and drop out of reality towards the pavement.
Pizza With A Ten By D.I. Jolly
I guess the universe can be fair, sometimes.
Sunrise by D. I. Jolly
There is beauty everywhere. You just have to look for it.
Dick Move By D.I. Jolly
Normally the end results were mild regret and a bit of fatigue but today he felt like he’d just won the lottery.
The Order By D.I. Jolly
The words scrawled across the walls read,
‘Only two ways to enter.’
Mr Stevenson Believes by D.I. Jolly
After one too many jokes he found he couldn’t get the idea out of his head that people thought he was cruel and it bothered him how angry it made him, which quickly turned into a downward spiral and before he knew it, he could barely take two steps out his door without starting an internal argument with himself about the thoughts of total strangers.