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A Beach of Many Colours
For a number of years I corresponded with a priest from Senegal It was a gentle friendship which we both enjoyed without thought And then he died of a fever in the days before his fiftieth birthday This devastated me and even now ten years later I long to hear his voice But of late […]
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Music was my Sister Bitch
When I was very young I remember being told a story about a girl who had been blind since birth Who had her diseased eyes replaced During a pioneering operation Her donor was a serial killer who had been tried and fried for his crimes All was well for a while But soon she began […]
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la Secheresse du Mekong
I am planning to celebrate my next birthday Which is a landmark birthday By sitting on a wall in Versailles Enjoying on ice cream Whether this will materialise or not is open to question As the future is always fluid Nothing is still Only the past remains unchanged One can interpret the past But the […]
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Frank Lloyd Wright
the most accurate to gauge a nations progress is to study its railway network railways were one of gods greatest gifts to man if a country is proud of its railways then it is going forward if it neglects them then the opposite is true in my country the railways have declined alarmingly with miles […]
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Wild Wiltshire
The clouds hung heavily over the hills as I walked across the drenched fields towards you I could see you standing under the pink blossom trees with your collar upturned against the feral winds We were making our way towards the white city But the weather had detained us You told me that you were […]
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The Ring
In 1971 some scenes of a movie about Mary Queen of Scots were shot under the cliffs not far from my home During the filming an amber ring was lost when it was cast into a rock pool and swallowed up by the tide I recently found this ring and gave it to my lovely […]
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Angels and Autumn
We were spending the last night in our cottage As it was due to be repossessed I looked out of the window from our love bed And could see the clumsy movements Of the malignant bailiffs As they tried to hide amongst the tired autumn trees I looked at your fragile naked breasts Deep in […]
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Frau Parker and the Twilight of Humanity
I always had the feeling that Frau Parker did not like me Perhaps she was frightened of my intellect which I tried to keep concealed But my cat flap had betrayed me in its simplicity I had written a paper detailing its construction and discussed the philosophy of my invention The cat I explained was […]
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Southall Railway Station
n my dream you and I were at the railway station in Southall We were due to catch a train to Paddington And then you disappeared leaving only a carrier bag of clothes for me to wear As I looked for you I was approached by two tourists who were great fans of John Lennon […]
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March the Forty seventh
On the forty seventh day of March my friends from Tuscany invited me to stay at their farm Naturally I refused and caught the next train to Lisbon To fund my trip I robbed a couple of pawnbrokers in the southwest of the city I apologised to the old men and left copies of my […]