Leif Huron and Jane Flett {Part 1}

It’s the morning after and we are standing in the kitchen like cacti on the opposite sides of an open road pelting through the desert.

Camilla’s prettier than a coconut shy, legs like a lily’s stamen. And I know I shouldn’t have, but.

We got gin-drunk at the fair. Our edges slackened like jumble-sale cardigan buttons; we giggled at the hoopla boy’s scowl.

The air was burnt popcorn promises but we grew tired of those childish songs. So we ran, our feet slapping on the parched earth like silver screen heroines furious with the infidelities of their leading men.

We left behind the one-eyed swordsman who cut his girl in two, left the bearded lady with her sad magazine-advert eyes, left the Mexican midget and his tightrope (so small a tightrope, so close to the ground.)

We reached the bales. Sat dangle-legged and picnicked on hunks of watermelon. She bit into hers and the juices dribbled down her chin and it looked sticky as the floor when

the lights come up, the music dwindles, the boys go home. And I didn’t mean to but the sun was throbbing and

I licked her.

I licked her syrup-pink candyfloss chin, softer than camisoles on skinned knees.

And before I could explain, she was gone.

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It’s the morning after and we are standing in the kitchen like cacti and I open my lips to say I’m sorry but

there are pits in my teeth as black and patent as London cabs, so I hail one

realising it’s time

to leave.

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Jane Flett lives in London where she writes stories, plays synthpunk cello solos and drinks too much gin. You can visit her at: {www.janeflett.com}

Leif Huron studied film direction and cinematography at the Academy of Film, Television and Performing Arts in Prague, CZ.  His films and photographs have been featured as part of the American Photo 2008 Photos of the Year competition, Rush Arts Gallery Freeze Frame exhibition at Art Basel Miami, VUU Collective 2011 Group Show at K&K Gallery, and at Diagonale 2011 Film Festival, Graz, Austri, among others.  He is currently a Candidate for MFA in Photography and Related Media at Parsons The New School for Design. Leif lives and works in Brooklyn.  {www.leifhuron.com}

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Words with Pictures is a weekly two-part post that pairs photographers and writers. The first week, a writer is given a photograph to inspire the creation of a new piece of writing. The following week the photographer is given a piece of writing and responds with a new photographic piece. This series is curated by Conveyor Editor Dominica Paige.