In a bun dance

If I'm going to get something, I usually get it in spades - luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas...

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The gift – 100 words

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The gift A present is hope in thoughtfully chosen and expensive paper, (to be folded with equal thought for later, but never used) sharp folds and Sellotape hidden as if it was vulgar. Untied in slow motion to stretch the moment – the thought that counts – rolled the ribbons around your hand, tidy. I […]

Postpartum – 100 words

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Postpartum I saw a woman beside the vegetable aisle – not browsing – Just standing, holding a baby ‘two weeks,’ she said ‘a boy,’ she said and stared at me for a fat moment – assessing – then she tilted him towards me like a secret. ‘Oh. He’s perfect,’ And he was in his milk-drunk […]

Deflective – 100 words

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Deflective Really, it’s nothing This old thing. Well, no, from the supermarket and in the sale It’s not me, it’s a team effort Just a fluke Beginner’s luck It hardly took me any time at all I wasn’t doing anything important There are much better ones He taught me everything I know I can’t take […]