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Prohibition

16 Tuesday Apr 2019

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On drama at the checkout

the set of her mouth
proclaimed a prohibition
Kids, no treats today

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Dissent

23 Saturday Mar 2019

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Sun shines, songbirds sing
the garden calls, ‘Yes, today!’
Then your back says, ‘No.’

Nemesis

29 Saturday Dec 2018

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On witnessing the destruction of an innocent
and how we smiled, and cried

‘Oh yes, she loves her Daddy, she’s her Daddy’s girl.’
No response from the big blues eyes.
From her high chair at the head of the table, little Charlotte surveyed her smiling, adoring family and Christmas gathered friends.
Father sat, wrapped in a smile of parental innocence. Some of us saw it coming.
‘Tell Daddy you’re his little girl, sweetheart.’
The silence stretched.
Of course.
‘No’