Rupert Missick

Joined February 2018

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Rupert is a devoted husband, father, geek and lover of great bbq.

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Jazz Club Tirade
In the unkempt court yard of a jazz club, Hidden in reefer’s rank gossamer haze, Enthroned on hard plastic chairs, Surrounded by empty bottles of cheap red wine,
By Rupert Missick5 years ago in Poets
A Confession to You For Ageing
I’ve waited for you so long, my darling, Lithe as a young sapling, beside a stream. I’ve wasted years, filling them with worry,
By Rupert Missick5 years ago in Poets
Death of Lady Dragonfly
It wasn’t the first time Adelaide woke barefooted in a strange place and it wasn’t the first time that passersby in a busy city ignored or couldn’t see the body of the chubby ten-year old resting amid the refuse of the dark corners of their town.
By Rupert Missick5 years ago in Horror
Grandma's Obeah
Her’s was a wooden palace, Softened under the weight, Of ten thousand damp mornings. The walls perfumed every space,
By Rupert Missick5 years ago in Poets
Time
Our love will go ever, ever on. Even when the warm waves, Of these isles of June, Reclaim her ancient limestone chain,
By Rupert Missick5 years ago in Poets
Drum Invocation
Cry out to me you old neglected drums, You sleeping dried flesh of goats, Stretched across the throat, Of the hallowed corrugated tin houses,
By Rupert Missick5 years ago in Poets
Why Are You Eating This?
I wanted to conduct an experiment and I needed a bag of musk sticks. I stood in the aisle at supermarket scanning the candy rack after doing an awkward dance around a lady pushing her cart along the shelves.
By Rupert Missick6 years ago in Feast
The Worst Chocolate Ever
Is Durian as bad as people say it is? Let me put it like this; if there is a Hell, Satan and his demon horde are shoving pallets of warm Durian down the throats of the damned as we speak.
By Rupert Missick6 years ago in Feast
'The Black Panther' Merch You Need in Your Life
At this point, calling Marvel’s The Black Panther a blockbuster feels like I’m short-changing this recent addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It’s more like a phenomenon… A cultural, cinematic and economic phenomenon.
By Rupert Missick8 years ago in Geeks
Telescope Filters
You’ve unpacked your brand-new telescope, lovingly assembled it, and waited like a child on Christmas Eve for the sun to set. Like many first-time sky gazers, you probably pointed the eye of your instrument toward our closest celestial neighbour, the moon. Perhaps your experience was interesting at first, then underwhelming and at worst, disappointing. The moon was a hazy white blur and the craters and mountains appeared to be nothing but grey splotches.
By Rupert Missick8 years ago in Futurism