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on tenderness
this lives somewhere within and between usexists not without, cannot survive aloneforms around us, surely not beyond usfear not the performance, fear not the actdoes time and place and circumstance persistto permit retrieval of such gentleness? ~ CLP 24/05/2022 Read more
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on time
crossing road, stops, waitsleave, or carry it over?hedgehog prickles sharp ~ n.b. It’s been some time since I have seen a hedgehog alive. Their natural defence is to stop, curl into a ball then hold still until the perceived threat passes. They have yet to work out that this doesn’t work when approached by motor Read more
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Morning Sickness
Light draining from summer skyLife draining from a marriageNothing matters anymoreChoking on tearsEveryone can hear themWindows opened to cool nightA domestic blister bursts inRemoves all dream of sleepShe’s beyond distraughtHis vocabulary in retreatIt’s twenty-to-twoShe’s twenty-nine, in painTrying to end it allBefore dawn throws it all up again ~ CLP 22/05/2022 Read more
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on the river
take a walk with merising Thames and dappled shadeSouth Bank setting Sun ~ CLP 21/05/2022 Read more
Journey of Words 