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Glass 22
The room was filled with small grey monitors and for a small charge one could watch anything that was not illegal Two men of Middle Eastern appearance were chatting to their wives and kissing the screen when their children appeared with their toys That is where I found Laura sitting in front of monitor four […]
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The Rectors and Vicars of Long Wittenham
Robert de Wytham (Mayor of Wytham 1086) Robert de Clifford (Rector in 1232) from a family in Shrivenham Drogo de Turberville came from a family resident in East Hendred Almaric de Plessis (He of the knight’s fees) William de Braybroke (Rector 1293 -1320 Richard de Pye (Entered Exeter College 1326 Died in 1355) John Berford […]
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Gas (1940)
Josef sat at the piano He had set his hands on to the keys but was not playing At nine in the evening Hank Miller checked the cans of oil that were arranged in order on the rack between pumps two and three Rachel was hanging a print on the wall opposite her husband And […]
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White Afternoon (Imaginary)
He died on a pure white afternoon With the high sun streaming Through the windows of his room Later I saw him swimming towards the sun I should have followed him But I chose to remain within The stalled shadows of my deep cell With my dormant ancestors
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The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty
The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty is a 1972 German film I am a goalkeeper but I do not fear penalties But I am alarmed by the players who concede them
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The Golden Freight Train
I hear you pass each night Yet I cannot see you Your glow fills my room I imagine your journey
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The Poetry Field
You are hiding from me Under a shroud of darkness You are very much alive I will not engage in your silly games You do not fool me
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Bandol
I am sitting on a hot railway platform next to an amputee in shorts She is playing chess with a blind boy much scarred On her radio a song is playing I am dreaming dreaming beaming dreaming beaming at the thought of you All the paths lead to the beach Some are sandier than others […]
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Night Train
Roger and his two sisters had boarded the night train and were making themselves comfortable in their small but functional compartment Gillian looked at the furnishings as she deposited her bag on the lower bunk Even though everything changes these compartments remain the same Look there is a shaving point above the sink I have […]
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Minnehaha as Scheherazade
What is that? A painting I can see that Don’t you like it? I hate it Why? Because it exploits the subject I bet you do not even know its title I do Then tell me It is called The Death of Minnehaha by William Dodge How did you know that? I came across it […]