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BOOM!I have time all over my handsit runs between my fingersI walk through Sunday stunnedby the smell of the riverthe humidity of the airthe taste of rain in the breezepeach blossom in the citya bumble bee, as big as a thumb,nosing into a crocus, bending the stalkbusy drinking, as I am free to doif I →
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Norwich station Saturday nighta Russian skinhead looking for a fightwearing blue, white, red of his nation’s flag,carrying two beer bottles in clenched handspolished boots and military trousers tucked in the topsproud to be Russian, looking for a fightthis is Norwich station, Saturday night ~ n.b. The human race never fails to disappoint. CLP 12/03/2022 →
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weaponry so cruelthreat of mutual destructiondare we intervene? ~ CLP 11/03/2022 →
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Kyiv to Channelyou new Burghers of Calaisheld by paper chains ~ n.b. UK Border Force, your first contact with England; all forms – no compassion. It is possible to see England’s famous White Cliffs of Dover from the French Coast. Refugees trying to reach family members in the UK are haunted by England’s proximity, taunted →
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can you imaginea punter on every chair?Saturday night, Crewe ~ n.b. Not a huge draw on a football match evening, but a noticeboard full of forthcoming events, committee rulings and protocols for the membership. The games bar was better populated, to be fair. What conversation to be had was light and amusing. Apparently it was →
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dead of night silencebroken record shrieks and criesdrunk mimics your pain ~ n.b. There is no peace until you have peace. CLP 07/03/2022 →
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