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Love in a time of apocalypse

I will always remember our last moments: memories literally burned into what’s left of my mind.
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Final Chapter: The Beauty of Parenthood or How You Should Be Careful What You Wish For

Kate gets first hand experience of parenthood. And quickly realises that life without babies can be fun. And there's still time for all that anyway.
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Full-Frontal Accountancy

"Are those really your spatulas, uncle?" He nodded, slowly.
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Smacznego

PROMPT "... Poles use 'Smacznego!' (which means Bon Appetit!) at every available opportunity - you pronounce it 'smatch-neigh-go'."
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Madame Butterfly

"Like the tattoo," I say...
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Dream

Unfortunately this poem was inspired by some bad news; a week ago I was rejected by Oxford University. But I want to thank you all for your support these past few months!
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Awkward/ Alight

Months of languid phone calls that never wanted to end, text messaging, emails, finally you were there in front of me, and there was nothing to say.
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The Weaver

The Weaver
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Kimono

an edit
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Runner 93

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Ivory Flowers

Day was just beginning to fade to night.
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Chapter Twenty One: Shut Up, It's Not Going to Happen

When do you give up on a dream? Life gets back to normal but still Kate finds it hard to face the fact she'll never be a mother.
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Bus Stop

I got to the bus stop ten minutes early just in case.
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So here it is...etc

You never see these people at dentists, nobody does. I’d bought the first tree offered and tried to fit into my car which was a tad shorter than the tree
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'Tis The Season To Be Careful

Public service announcement from the Government, with the kind assistance of the Bethlehem Branch of RoSPA.
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Oh My!

Hmmmmm... Someone please write something cheerful...
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Walter

Sometimes things are not as they first appear.
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Moving on.

I'm not sure about this..
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Santa's Lament

The commotion awoke the whole family – the kerfuffle and hullabaloo...

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