Month: Jan 2024
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1 January: SSS “Task”
Nothing Much A few red bricks from the demolished chimney, and the curve of the driveway is all that’s left to show that a house stood here once, where every December Christmas lights hung in scallops from the iron guttering, blinking on and off all night until one of the neighbours complained that it set…
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31 December: A Few Thoughts
A Few Thoughts That Don’t Include Azaleas His white stained handkerchief,and the hat Mum knitted him, she made him a new one every year, and she stuck it in his Christmas stocking. The safety pin from his work overalls,a coin he touched, and a brass button, his paint brushes and canvases,and a piece of amber…
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