Certificate 18

Adults only

Embrace that never was.

I tried to paint, honest, i did. I wanted to paint the world for you, but the end result was pathetic and sad, nothing but bloody smears on a dirty window.
Cherry

The Tampax Lady (1984)

"Fallen off your bike!" "On the rag!" "Got the painters in!" Encouraged by Trisha, the visiting Tampax lady, the girls were shouting out menstruation related phrases as an icebreaker.

Toadstool

Toadstool
Cherry

End of winter

Walking home instead of getting the £20, ten-minute rip-off cab, was now my biggest mistake. I didn't know, how was I supposed to bloody know? Along this route, at this time.
Cherry

Lardycake

I haven't left the house since 2001 and haven't moved from my bed for years.

LIFERS Chapter Twenty Three

'Should I have waited for him to come instead of you? Should I have waited for him to come taste the honey-salt?’ She dropped the sleeve like she was slamming down the phone.

-end of line- on the death of the unknown soldier and Mohammed Saleem

It is interesting to note the sense of national fear anger and outrage at the death of a man, who only today has been Identified as a British soldier yet the death of Mohammed Saleem: a 75 year old in

Anxiety

Anxiety ... Yes I suffer! I guess I have for most of my life but now I'm realising that it has taken over too much of my life and it is time to fight back!
Cherry

Survivors

What's to do with leftovers when the dinner is done?

Autistic Child

The little boy filled with choking anguish He knows there's something wrong He knows he's not right - He's on his guard - scared and senseless - trying to contain himself