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Red Flag
About four years later, reviewing the collateral damage, (i.e. bewildered family, and bored friends), it was observed that the affair had been destined for the rocks from the beginning. With perfect hindsight it was obvious that, even without the clarity of passing time, the male protagonist would not have had to be a detective inspector →
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Café
If you’re ever in that city I can recommend a reassuringly French restaurant below the station. It was the one he’d thought of first having left the bookshop with a collection of short stories by Maeve Kelly. An uncertain pause at a crossing to scan for traffic, led him to spot the art-deco whorls, carved →
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no Moon
this is when I feel it mostthe air thick with mistdesiccated leavesscratching at paving slabsfine webs strung between damp bladescovering verges except where disturbedby fungi pushing through to pour out spores by the milliontonight there is no lunar distraction just railway siding lights, street lights, traffic lights, headlights, crossing lightsred lights topping off a cranea →
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on Platform 2
This is Woking…if you see something that doesn’t look rightspeak to a member of staff or contact British Transport Policetext 61016see it say it sortedthis is your conductorwelcome aboard this South-West Trains service to London Waterlooyou can find me towards the middleof this ten coach trainthe next stop will be London Waterlooestimated time of arrival →
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on swimming
break the cool surfacefeel it slide up your body?yes, you’re beautiful ~ CLP 21/09/2021 →
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From Leeds
enjoying the green space by the cathedralspire pricking the blue autumn skystopping me, now a local, to askwould you take some pictures pleasefirst alone, then with my friendlandscape then portraitmobile then iPadwe’re going home tomorrowto the other city of woolthe one of the hanging sheep ~ CLP 16/09/2021 →
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Long Weekend
across bridges, through tunnelsdown paths, along tracksso many hours, hundreds of milesI’m on my way backI’m nearly home ~ CLP 12/09/2021 →
Journey of Words 