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Vincent Tuckwood
@vincenttuckwood.bsky.social
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fiction, poems, music
fragments At Wits End
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Been quiet recently
No apologies
I was writing the new book

The Way Through The Mountains

Part memoir, part guide
if you're hearing the whisper

"This isn't it... this isn't you..."

this one's for you

The Mountains lie ahead
inevitable

Come take a walk with me

viewbeyondllc.com/mountains-book
May 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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All of this she gave me | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/3CTqMGX
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These roots
this trunk
these limbs
these leaves
these fruits
these seeds

All of this she gave me
her
February 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
vincenttuckwood.bsky.social
Time folds back and forth | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/4i4yhd7
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Back to the future
to the past
to the future
to the past

They love their
black and white
movies
don't

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February 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Around the small fire, we gather to speak | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/3X1ziul
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And of course
our conversations
grew heavier
the longer they went on
gaining mass
gaining weight
gaining

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February 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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From the moment to the moment | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/41eLYzp
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Their faces didn't fit right
chins too extended
forehead too wide
Lower teeth protruding

In amongst us

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February 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
vincenttuckwood.bsky.social
On the boulevard | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/4hM23mw
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Deep in the echo chamber
lost in my world
car stereo
blaring

Last night's lasagna
rears up my throat
a

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February 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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In the desert, a streetlight | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/40Ladoh
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Out here
this desert
dry and rolling
cacti point
alarmed fingers
that cold
dark
star-strewn sky
dust d

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February 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Drive-By Self-Help Guru (New Song) | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/3Q1ZGQJ
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https://buff.ly/4goTdtY

This is the working mix of Drive-By Self-Hel

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February 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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These streets, the back of my hand | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/4hIo9pY
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These streets
the back of my hand
my stomping grounds
my happy hunting

These windows
witnessed every ja

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February 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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RECTANGLE (New Song) | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/3PRAInc
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This is the working mix of a new song, Re

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January 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
vincenttuckwood.bsky.social
Down here, the dark | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/3CuYwKk
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Down here
subterranean stench
Ozone
rotting food
city-grime
sweat-stained
halitosis

Down here
packed

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January 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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On the breach of certainty | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/4jpsu30
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I built this perimeter to keep them out
to place the world at bay
to distance myself
cocooned, luxuriating

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January 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Neon signs flicker | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/4as7AMK
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Neon signs flicker
painting rain-soaked streets
all fractured colors

And of course
I think of the Blader

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January 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Jagged Teeth Trees | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/40GnvDZ
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The trees were among the first
and the last
to go

Burning bright in the first pulsing wave
or dying slow

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January 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The pages whispered | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/40Gryz1
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The pages
the pages whispered
all those words
thoughts
stories
poems
authors long gone
whispered from

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January 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Updated Post: In the clearing in the forest https://buff.ly/3WoNrBw
January 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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In the clearing in the forest | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/3WoNrBw
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These forest paths overgrown
made for beasts
trampled in
their scurrying

Whip-back branches snapping
br

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January 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The wind carried a song… | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/42e4hGM
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The club went out of business
The audience stopped showing up
They talked throughout the acts
They sat at t

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January 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Mending starts with me | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/3PBFipA
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I have seen the world
in the blink of an eye
I have seen life lost
in breath gone by
I have been my least

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January 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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In punctuated darkness | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/4aimw00
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Deep in Whitechapel's
back alley paradise
all rotting horse muck
and bedpan toss outs
Cobbles slick
with

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January 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Velvet dusk settles across the bay | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/4jccb9J
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Velvet dusk settles across the bay
Easy tides trickle back and forth
Mozzies coming going
Whining attention

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January 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Hey - shameless self-promotion - all my books are currently 50% off at:

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#selfpublished #lovewriting #lovereading
January 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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When the compass breaks | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/40793mY
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Cracked
we look each other in the eyes
wondering who
draws first
now the way
trails away

Spinning
we

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January 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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What is this pocket for? | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/3Pkb4Hu
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First working day of 2025

(Happy New Year, btw!)

and I stumble out of bed at regular wake-up time.

Wh

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January 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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You might need to read this | vincet.net | https://buff.ly/41M6tFc
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I don't know who needs
to read this
right now
but you will know

Because right now
you feel that your
w

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December 23, 2024 at 4:23 PM