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A survey of the heart
I made a survey of your heart Travelled along the canals Looked deep inside this vessel Every beat was mapped and analysed And I found things I never realised. You…
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The Missing Peace
We live in a beautiful world. Blue skies with gentle breeze. Those aqua coloured oceans. Those beautiful green trees. The birds and the bees. The dramatic rocks on the pier.…
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Togs
I can picture it now vividly, the four of us lined up in our swimming togs, staring out at the vast Atlantic Ocean, our playground for the morning when we…
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Top
“Top or bottom?” The question seemed innocent enough and for a fleeting moment I allowed the optimistic hope of all parents of teenage girls to creep in and allow me…
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Stranger on a Train
Seat 36A looked safe enough. The carriage was empty, save for an old gentleman at the far end already nodding off, and an aging woman in 37A, now looking at…
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It’s Hard to Get Into
Jenny mustered all her stubbornness and stared hard at Tommie, willing her glare not to betray the fear twisting inside her. But the tremor in her voice betrayed her. “I…
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The Cliff Path
At first, it was a low murmur. Then came the unmistakable rhythm of footsteps pounding past, urgent and unsteady. Rita’s pulse quickened. She sprang to the window and peered down…
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The Quitting Game
“Winners never quit and quitters never win,” has always been my motto. I was no quitter, I was persistent. At nineteen with legs up to my armpits and assets other…
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It’s a Dog’s Life
Lucy lived a mile outside town, in an old two-bedroom cottage, twenty minutes’ drive from work and fifteen minutes’ walk from the town. She moved in with her scruffy terrier…
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Cry
The hungry baby’s cry A welcome sound in many homes A call to action, primeval That every mother knows But when malnutrition dries her milk Crouching behind the rubble The…
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