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Sidcup Summer twilight
on the far boundaryplay continuesin baiting and teasingbetween fox cubsa little girl in party dressruns from the dripping coversinterrupts her mum who is talking to grand-dad on the club house patioWill the foxes eat me?suitably reassured they won’tshe runs back across the swardto join another small girlwho muddies her hands with handstandstries cartwheelsnot yet supple Read more
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on Ukraine
in the alcove of an abandoned shoplaid out in dishevelled dreamson top of improvised beddingdesperate for sleepclutched by each otherdesperate for sleeptattered, battered, torndesperate for sleepas the upright peopleturn out from the last trainfrom theatres, barsthe queues for clubsanother police siren cuts into the drunken chatteringdesperate for sleepa gaggle of othersliving closeto the lip of Read more
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on bodywork
use it for livingor nurse it alongmaintain and sustainor preserve and curateenjoy the physicalor cosset and coddleaccept the wear and tearor perpetually fretexplore beyond limitsor avoid risktake your body with youor let it dictatewith only one issueddon’t let it go to waste~ CLP 14/07/2025 Read more
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on Ukraine
“…too many people.”is there a number that’s acceptable?what are the limits forcollateral damage?not just thembut your people too?have the sirens deafened you to the cries of the mourning mothers?how high must the river of tears risebefore the dam breaksand you are swept away by the flood?~n.b. The USA President is cross that his friend in Read more
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