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On Change
Metropolitan Police seem reluctant to start immediately. ~ n.b. Surely a positive response would have been to engage with those wishing to hold a vigil and mourn for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common? Instead, the use of regulation, confrontation and force was deployed to try and control and silence these women. Who decided that this →
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Lockdown 3 (Day 14): Morrison’s
A security tag is supposed to be automatically approved and cancelled when scanned at the till. “If it goes off at the exit, don’t worry. The security guard has gone home already and I know your face anyway.” Great to know that the art of careless talk survives and no she doesn’t know my face →
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On Pain (Norfolk)
Young men side by side British, Czechs, Poles, and Germans Buried together. ~ n.b. Farmers’ fields reclaimed from airfields, except this hallowed ground that holds sons of Europe, (and Australia, Canada and New Zealand), whose souls have flown. ~ CLP 10/09/2020 →
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On the Road xxvi
Restlessness ceases Traveller’s weary heart breathes Grass soft underfoot ~ n.b. God bless her and all who sail in her. CLP →
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On the Rise
Bright, brighter, brightest Venus tows Moon to zenith Weary Sun awakes ~ CLP 17/08/2020 →
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Silver
The harsh-sunned pool laid flat still Mirror to the willows’ feathered limbs A float-glass plate decorated with green Fronds and strands held still beneath No flow, no breath I lean on the stone parapet See my silhouette’s sharp outline I am about to leave this scene When a metallic flash, a flip, a soft splash →
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On The Beach
I sat on the stones In warm air Spray on my face Sea air in my lungs Warmth of Sun on my back I sat on the stones Nothing more than this . CLP 10/07/2020 →
Journey of Words 