2021
By mcmanaman
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It's cute we used to do things at the weekends
On Sunday afternoons everyone who works in the arts had jam roly poly down their jumpers you could set your watch by their crumbs the derelict...
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Eating brie again
I'm watching all of Stanley Kubrick's films, in order, because that's something that's possible, without leaving the settee and we should take...
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The last two minutes of normal time
I don't know why February is so short it's something to do with the moon and the evolution of calenders but it's never really made sense to me some...
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You think that colour
You are taking off your nail varnish the wheelie bin is full of torn-off wrapping paper the plate of leftovers in the fridge will not be touched we...
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International Flag Show
We are standing on a hill again the hill we talk about all year. We are jumping up and down to keep ourselves warm waiting to talk to a local radio...
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I do things I never should do
Someone I work with keeps a happiness diary she updates ot every day. She was embarrasssed when I asked what she was writing, at the desk, beaming a...
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What is wrong with this song?
On my first week alone I bought a guitar and wrote a song. A song a week, that's what I decided and I thought of all the instruments I could buy with...
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Anyone else but you
You are phoning me, but not today, If we do talk tomorrow, which we will I'll say sorry, my phone was on silent in another room and I had an early...
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Voucher codes
I move the things in the bottom of my rucksack into the bottom of another rucksack because I'd like to use this rucksack. I sometimes think about...
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My eggshell head
The cafe has a downstairs that not a lot of people know about because it feels like you're going down into the stockroom. I once had a relationship...
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Rainy night empty hand
Heavy breathing underneath a zipped up anorak it is raining and I am on my favourite street. You are a different person on the way home. An entirely...
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and boats
You are sitting on your patio it is today again. The morning after a big decision is hard. You have to just sit there. On your kitchen noticeboard is...
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Bringing things to the table
I know almost nothing about Canada the things I do know are so obvious it's pointless to even mention them and I don't intend to learn anything or to...
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Ross and John do a robbery
I once stole a bicycle but it turned out it belonged to somone whose bicycle made them unhappy. All day they'd cycle to a job they didn't like, a...
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Compliments Please
I told you I liked your new glasses and you touched the plastic at the bridge of your nose and smiled. I wear glasses sometimes and someone I didn't...
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Fear Yourself
It's you who makes your good and bad decisions and there's lots of red pen on your tally chart Right now you are the same person as the high school...
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A non fungible token
When her mum died she started painting and even though I don't have much money I said 'how much for everything?' and now I own it all, everything she...
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- 278 reads