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on the bus
words that make your heart sinkBus Replacement Servicewords that make you think twiceabout taking a train somewhere niceseating could be bettersuspension might be worsethey tried but they only managedto lower expectations of what it meansto provide a mass transit systemso we’re just grateful to get homebefore a day’s fresh lightbreaks through the gloom ~ CLP →
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on the white ship
catching the eyebreaking the lineshe comes hitherbusy on board with breakfastpreparations for disembarkationof a temporary natureashore we’re busy toopolishing windowstidying up displaysbaking tasty pastrieschecking the tillscounting out the floatwhen the cruise ship arrivesthe town’s cashflow thrives ~ CLP 01/03/2024 →
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on rumours
the palms in the squarelean in whispering the latest from their leavesdroppingdiagnosis, bereavementbirth, marriage, abandonmentliaison, contractplans conceivedpromises compromisedthe fountain babbles onwithout an audience ~ CLP 29/02/2024 →
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on meeting Jesus
I met Jesus todayThe same as me he saidWhen I told him my name is ChrisHe had to take his broken teethTo get them fixed at the dentist ~ n.b. In Spain Jesus is a common enough given first name in Roman Catholic families. This Jesus and I met while enjoying an afternoon drink. He →
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on making wine
she knew time was ripehe applied honest muscle pressing engagement ~ n.b. From the heart of Mallorquin wine country. CLP 27/02/2024 →
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on the wind
¡Muy vientos! Es no buenothe old man, barely half my height remarkedthe fingers of the four palmswere drawn to the mountainsnorth-east of the old townill winds bring ill moodsill luck, ill healthnothing good to this placegusting through the narrow streetspicking off loose grainsfrom the crumbling sandstonerecently tormented by lashings of hailthe wind whips round ground-down →
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on problem solving
there had been a few recentlyone fell from the skyanother found slave labourin Arctic conditions too muchfor his indefatigable heartthen, a callous shootingin an Alicante car parkled to a burnt out carsome singularly preciseothers incurred the dismissive useof the dreadful termcollateral damage, for example, aircrewor members of the Salisbury publican English police officera public cinemathe →
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on Ukraine
Not just today pleaseAnniversaries omitThe day-to-day grind ~ n.b. Two years. Some marriages don’t last that long. Mother Russia, can you not see the line of caskets stretching back two years? Can you not hear the grieving mothers‘ cries filling the graveyards of your land? All this for what? Call your sons home. Offer them →
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