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The peculiar cruelty of sports bras

March 14, 2022 By Ellen

    Boobs need firm control if you want to get fit Or they will hurt you, rubbing sore. Unfortunately, the good bras, Necessarily well engineered to support, will Cost a heap and, Even then, be washed to bits Regardless.

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A light in the distance

March 13, 2022 By Ellen

There was a rainbow across the valley. Today. It started with a colourful blister under the cloud next to the barn. And it grew up, up into the violet grey. A natural pride flag unfurling upward from the pot of gold, And other metaphors. Elsewhere, across valleys in other countries illumination comes from enemy incendiary […]

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Ruth – 100 words

February 22, 2022 By Ellen

Ruth. Living in the north of England in the early 19th century, Jane Eyre doesn’t meet very many people, but when she does she looks long and hard into their eyes. She tells us she’s looking for ruth and if it’s not there, then her new acquaintance is probably a bad lot. Ruth, in 1847, […]

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Dudley – 104 words

February 16, 2022 By Ellen

Dudley – Yesterday, quite nice really for the time of year – slanting sun between the finely flung raindrops. Today, Dudley. Not a name to fear, to quake at, a rustling in the branches, trees untidy with twigs. But there’s a weather warning, the usual ‘don’t forget your coat’ kind of warning, the kind of […]

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Two years ago – 96 words

February 9, 2022 By Ellen

Two years ago. The old-fashioned shop bell clattered as I pushed the door and went in out of the rain. The woman behind the counter looked at me and put a mask on her face. No one had ever put a mask on to protect themselves from me and I was miffed. Offended and put […]

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