Looking after Mum: Epilogue

Epilogue
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Looking after Mum: Part III: Chapter 23

Penultimate Chapter in Amelia's life.
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Looking after Mum: Part II: Chapter 22

Chapter 22 Everything happened really quickly after that. Kirsty and I screamed, “Ruby!” simultaneously, and rushed over to the edge, peering over, trying to see her in the pitch black.

Cashier with the human touch

As the cashier handed over your change, you picked up on somethinng. The accompanying smile and mesmerizing look in your eyes lasted a bit too long for them to be meaningless.
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Tuesday Sonnet: Canzoniere

I want to write a sonnet to you, though I’m not that into Petrarch (his lament Can get repetitive, when its extent Exceeds 300 sonnets), and I know
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Roller Shutters over Broken Windows

Two teen gangs, one Vespa, a petrol-soaked rag ... and did I mention the crows

Now We Are Fifty

i'm not there yet, but I will be soon... Glad I got this one off my chest...
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Saturday Night, Sunday Morning

Taxi cab shimmer in the street light glow of a Saturday night, spray painted people like burnt hollow flames licking at the curve of a crumbling pavement, the language of languid sirens

Stealing Consent: My First Visit With My Sister

An account of a family vacation visiting a sister who had married a man when she was 15 years old and who wants to get to know her brother after the time they have lived apart.

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