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on Ukraine
gone shopping, is alljust need a few things, back soonnothing important ~ CLP 28/06/2022 →
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on Ukraine
step by marching stepthree hundred thousand alertedold lines reappear ~ n.b. Who was it said, “Give peace a chance”? It was internal opposition to USA support for South Vietnam that contributed significantly to the end of that conflict. Will this only end when Russians turn on Putin? Meanwhile NATO calls its troops to “Attention!” on →
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Windows
close to midnighttwenty two degreesroof openwe roll down the windowsroll down the stripcruise control ontwenty mphcan’t find the musicshuffling through the dockwarehouses, flood lights, cctvcobbled streets, Trafalgar Squaredepeche modean abandoned town film seta lone riotous pub on the quaywe roll onlaughingnot street racing from the lightswe’re up to sixty, pluswe head West by North-westsea-salt thickening →
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on luck
ten bob in two peespink panda from slot machinetaint of copper coins ~ n.b. You probably think that this little story deserves a footnote (and you’re probably correct), but it’s 22c, after midnight and I’m playing late night summer blues, so you’ll have to write your own this time, sorry. However, who knew one could →
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on the self
Are we whom we desire to beOr who as we appear to othersThe sum of their desiresThe embodiment of their hopesThe personification of their dreamsThe casket for their fears? ~ CLP 16/06/2022 →
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on evening
dusk draws up magicStrawberry Moon, dragonfliesour path less certain ~ CLP 16/06/2022 →
Journey of Words 