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Change is now – 100 words

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Change is now   Her menopause drove her mad, she couldn’t cope, poor old thing. They nod like the bobbing penises on a jogging squad of naked bigots and say ‘ah, that explains it.’ Hot flushes – outrageous cliches. Whisper it: The Change. You’re damned right it’s change – a furious excoriating tornado of change. […]

Hope – 100 words

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Hope There’s an old man buying flowers twisted fingers fumbling for change, I smile and hope they are welcomed with a kiss and put into the same glass vase she’s used for years – a wedding present – because then I’ll know that love can be true and not just a story told to sell […]

4pm, Sunday, England – 100 words

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4pm, Sunday, England A crisp packet cartwheels from the gutter – alone in its exuberance. The final witness, a thin black cat shrugs and slithers off to who knows where. Bare trees shudder and behind dead-eyed windows, gravy-streaked dishes are wiped and put back in cupboards. Leftovers decanted. Homework is remembered. We slump – mourning […]