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6 days ago
12 min

The Ends of the Earth

Beneath the dark of the night, my neighbours and I casually gathered together in clusters upon the damp of Burgundy Street, sprawled out upo

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April Lee Fields

Jul 25
3 min

8. Concrete Bread Crumbs

We stroll along the river side by side Full of nods and silences Still-frames Fragmented between slender fingertips

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April Lee Fields

Jul 16
12 min

7. An Uncertain Destiny

When my bassist, Twiggman, and I left our base in Florida one month prior, we had left our sleepy little town behind with a vague-yet solid

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April Lee Fields

Jul 15
4 min

6. Black as the Night

Through the thick of the afternoon smoke I choke The air; heavy with dark charcoal, simmering Premature fireworks, rising As the sun doth

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April Lee Fields

Jul 7
10 min

5. A Poetic Parade of Pride

The month of June is celebrated, in all of its colourful glory, as the month of Gay Pride. On June 28th, 1969, the NYPD raided the Stonewall

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April Lee Fields

Jul 7
13 min

4. Thy Neighbours of the 9th Ward

It has always seemed a little strange to me to live in such close proximity to ones neighbours but, for the most part, never particularly ta

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April Lee Fields

Jul 2
11 min

3. New Orleans

Awakening to my new life in New Orleans, I pried my collective conscious away from the sandy grasp of sleep, looked about my new cosy little

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April Lee Fields

Jul 2
12 min

2. Home Sweet Home

After crossing a bumpy bridge that seemed to pass across forever whilst overlooking a glistening lake that sprawled out into a deep sea of e

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April Lee Fields

Jul 1
30 min

1. The Great Escape

Chaos, from all sides, ensues. Buildings are burning and, due to a global airborne virus stacked on top of extreme rioting, looting, violenc

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