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.
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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
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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
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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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Never Slip Away
When the pain becomes too much And the searching goes too deep I slip away When the thought of losing you kills me And I can't stop crying I slip away I go to a place in the distance
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Insanity
Funny how something so simple Can be so complex. Strange how a heartbeat Can seem so scary. But here I am with you And I'm scared as I can be. I've never been short on words
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