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A hundred moments in autism - The zinc and chrome plating problem (2)
The previous ‘moment’ explained the speed of my thinking, but it didn’t explain the next moment in the chain, the reason why I didn’t try harder to...
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The Mind of Shelley
In the quiet shadow of the past, Where thoughts collide and reason sows, A young mind wrestles, stark and fast, With heavy truths that ebb and flow...
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Memo to a new Labour MP Regarding Israel’s Latest Atrocity
It's a tough gig but somebody's got to do it.
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This Summer was a Write-off
This summer was a write-off, the sun slipped behind clouds, like a shy child, retreating, leaving us with the chill of uncertainty, the rain fell...
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Perception
Two train tracks run, their paths forever far, Each rail and tie laid firm with thoughts of fate. They stretch away beneath the watching star, Yet...
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Isolated
I have seen almost nobody for years now it is just me, and my brother. Just my brother and the man who cleans and works in the garden once a week I...
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Taking Care 4 (vii) - Day Centre
We had coffee at just before three. Most people had finished their painting by then. We put the ornaments on the windowsill to dry in the sunshine...
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Taking Care 4 (vi) - Day Centre
Laura's group came over at just after 1:30. There were a couple of replacements from the morning. Instead of Terry and Matthew, there was a young...
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Reaching out …
Remote from … Reach out from remoteness …
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Not even remotely
Do I miss her? Not even remotely. Her laugh, too loud, would shock the room, A poor-judged word spoken too soon. She left her books in crooked stacks...
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A hundred moments in autism - The zinc and chrome plating problem
My summer job at the end of my first year at university was as a zinc and chrome plater in an electronics factory. It was good money for a summer job...
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A hundred moments in autism - Parallel Play
Monday evening. Mrs Oblong and myself have just finished watching the last episode of Sherwood. It’s an hour to bedtime, but neither of us feels like...
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A cornucopia of color
It was one of those golden days of late May in Buffalo, New York. The 70-degree temperature was tempered by a seven-mph zephyr that cooled the skin...
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Grief
A moment of bliss Time suspended in endless tranquility Broken with a thoughtless condolence Everyone thinks they can help When you just want to be...
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Undertow
Removed for submission
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Taking Care 4 (v) - Day Centre
As soon as we got back, Maggie herded her people into their Previa for the trip back to Sittingbourne, and Laura took hers over to the farmhouse. "...
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The Accountant
A tale of a young womans journey to reality
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New BREED
I don’t remember seeing them when I was younger. I saw many of their family members, Mum, Dad, brothers, Sisters, cousins, nieces, nephews,...
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Rainy day on holiday
Rain beats incessantly against the curved roof tiles, Seeping through cracks it bleeds into the cool pastel pink, creating patches of dark that...
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