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Constantinople
A little girl with neglectful parents tells of how she coped in the 1970s
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To those who understand
When a whistle sounds like a wailing baby and rain in the car is a crash of white noise, it’s time to wonder if I’m all there and remember that I’m not.
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April
Effortlessly spreading butter from the dish without mulling over which knife to use the joy that there’ll be no doleful waiting time for the stuff to melt sufficiently on the toast
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Just waiting for the president
I hardly recognised the place bowls of boiled sweets fresh flowers and open doors a novel fifties corner dreamt up by a colourful volunteer to celebrate ye olde tea shoppe
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March
As soon as I arrive at her chair I kneel down and kiss her forehead and then her hand. As I look up at her I play with the idea that she will awaken from her illness
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