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on friendship
even in winterbud swells, bursts into flowercome now, what’s to fear? ~ n.b. Alternative last lines: come now, what’s to fear all we have is time all we need is time warmth of Sun draws bloom Feel free to add your own five syllables via the comments link. 😊 ~ CLP 28/01/2022 →
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on the wind
night-long low moaningtwists curtain, clicks doors’ catchessnake licks round bedroom ~ n.b. It has been a quiet winter so far out here in East Anglia’s hilly city, but now the wind is getting involved, stirring the pot, dragging the cold air with it through the streets like an impatient parent leading a tardy child to →
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on Ukraine vii
teachers train childrenhow to shelter under desksessential life skills ~ n.b. Under the constant stress of invasion threat, imagine sending your child to school to be taught how to behave during a bombing run? Not unlike the USA, where children have to be taught how to respond to risk of mass shootings. While mankind learns →
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on memory
good place to walk dog’net tells us legacy ofsoldiers and miners ~ n.b. Public park built on land in South Moor donated by local colliery owners to commemorate hundreds of men from the district of Stanley, County Durham who died in C20th wars and a mining accident. Dog leads weave like ivy on old trees. →
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on Ukraine iv / v / vi
oh! sorry, you didn’tmean ‘aggressively’ you meant’economically’~pardon my mis-placedfears of superpower warit’s about money~the three millioncitizens of old Kyivput up for auction ~ n.b. Money talks, not peace talks? ‘Economic sanctions’. Nice. The arms industry clearly could do with a new market place. Afghanistan, Chechnya, Syria, so now Ukraine. There will be a pile on →
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