unbolt me

here in the shadows of bowed backs & exotic tattoos, the late shift reeks of brokenness & desperation still, they wear the inside out over skin & will not be silenced their fingers yellowed from cheap smokes belch & burn, cracks on their phone screens let slip the strain on their fractured hearts yet they wear the inside out over skin & will not be silenced zombie drowse, lulled by a trans…

We’re coming to the end of Pride Month now. I wish we could officially celebrate our LGBTQIA+ friends all year round. Oh well, we’ll just keep doing that unofficially then. Y’all are totally metal! by TONY SINGLE © All rights reserved 2026

i make space for you & yet you make none for me an eyeroll, a sigh silence meant to break the heart music has gone, now depart depart, unwanted before they take the last chair break your monkey face by TONY SINGLE © All rights reserved 2026

oh, how i love her so she be my brayin’ ho she got a talent for oh eee ho eee ho she ne’er move her ass lest i shift her mass she got a penchant for oh eee ho eee ho she got them big white teeth flashin‘ all o’er the heath she got a passion for oh eee ho eee ho by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE © All rights reserved 2025

If a man could live a thousand years, When half his life had passed, He might, by strict economy, A fortune have amassed. Then having gained some common-sense, And knowledge, too, of life, He could select the woman who Would make him a true wife. But as it is, man hasn’t time To even pay his debts, And weds to be acquainted with The woman whom he gets. by H.C. DODGE (1865—1915) Public Domain…

long have the god botherers strung like paper dolls around its altar drawing us into their gravity well where not one tittle or callous jot shall suffer a shred of dignity where mosaic law e’er holds sway then let us choose who we are today as they freeze themselves to all change where heavens become another hell of much vaunted imprecations & love decaying in final solutions from the pallid…

It’s been heartening to see the sheer number of tributes to Marjane Satrapi on social media, but I’m honestly still gutted at her passing. If you’ve not read ‘Persepolis‘ then what are you doing with your life? Hell, read the graphic novel then watch the animated adaptation of it. If these don’t move you… then, well, I just don’t know what else to say. Rest in peace, Marjane. ‘Punk is not…

Down through the ages, Russia has tried to kill the Ukrainian identity. They have done everything to present Ukraine as the rural outskirts of the ‘great, educated and advanced’ Russian empire. But the ones who proclaimed themselves enlighteners were merely butchers, murderers. They did everything they could to erase Ukrainian culture, traditions, and even the Ukrainian language itself. And they…

even the smallest body laid waste in the smut of war holds more dignity than you you titans of craven hatred titans of grubby fascism may heavy the hereafter youth their bones be a blight upon you & yon god resolutely scorch you all titans from the befouled earth then itself from living memory see the old men declaring war when they ought to be busy dying clearing way for the new fear you the…

make them fear i hear you say but can we not just let them be make them hear everything you say but can we just let them pass on by bring them near i hear you say but i’d rather keep to myself with a sneer bring them near make them hear make them fear by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE © All rights reserved 2025

Comics are cool. Read more comics. by TONY SINGLE © All rights reserved 2026

you squeeze the hand of fate knuckles white in the skull of night time to choose between fight or kite will we ever feel ready today the price of going away won’t be as high as if you stayed how on god’s weaned earth has it come to this another plated community can you smell the sulphur in the air mind the inevitable siren blare more bodies filling moats of fear the price of going away won’t be…

i’m three blocks over on the streets of dover beneath that neon blight pile on & i remember your teeth being far too white on that night in that light where you broke my heart your nipple tassels in my fuzzy navel i’m turning into the man i don’t want to be but surly am triple x never marked the spot & why would it, i’m a fool it’s a shame for me but the fact is you never knew me, you’ll agree,…

approach the shelves & find yourself between the titles on spines & bones endpapers & front matter buttress your thoughts & out your innards caress the pages & hear their whispers between the walls all echoes & cries an index of truth & lies & vibes besides all for your disbelieving ears & eyes savour the words & feel their taste between the tongue & palate then show me the words like a string of…

Twin stars, aloft in ether clear, Around each other roll alway, Within one common atmosphere Of their own mutual light and day. And myriad happy eyes are bent Upon their changeless love alway; As, strengthened by their one intent, They pour the flood of life and day. So we through this world’s waning night May, hand in hand, pursue our way; Shed round us order, love, and light, And shine unto the…

inhale dust, exhale wool make the night sky starry my irresponsible lovely wizard by TETIANA ALEKSINA © All rights reserved 2026

a beatles crossing ghost prints through chechelovka & now here, a tree nourish me with your good cheer i’ll never wish you weren’t here your love never fades nourish earth with your good cheer we’ll never wish you weren’t here by TONY SINGLE © All rights reserved 2026