Loch Leven

Arab Strap

"The rain pissed down on Leven❝s shores. The sane rain would rain on superstores and set off car alarms in our street. Let❝s burn our clothes and hunt our meat. A day of skies, a day of feasts, we fell to bed, to grunt like beasts. We could live in your wee car, we could never go too far. A flash of sun between your thighs, a perfect black shape to protect my eyes. A swooping hawk, a dying tree. ❝Fuck me,❝ says he, ❝fuck you,❝ says she. If i❝m a clown, then you❝re a mime but I❝m sure that we❝d be friends in time. The selkie put her skin back on and swam away, back to her own"