Tag: left
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THE TROUBLE WITH CHOICES
Life’s all about choices. Take diet: instead of the full fat burger, choose the veggie burger. Instead of wine, water. Instead of chocolate, carrot and dip. Everything in moderation. Take exercise: instead of sitting in front of the television, choose getting out for a walk or a run. Take politics: instead of supporting the rich…
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THE MORNING AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE
She could hear her mother’s voice from the grave, ‘Is it worth it?’ The world tilts out of kilter. Sun sears her eyeballs. Cool tarmac against her face. Shards of broken green glass. A dent in a red metal bin. Memories of the night before. Anger and hatred. Standing firm. Too slow to run. Her…
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50/50
Todd cursed himself. He inched out further. The frame and glass creaked. He froze. He peered down, trying to make out the room below. It definitely wasn’t Lacey’s bedroom. She had told him the skylight on the left. Only now did he realise he didn’t know if that was left as he faced the house,…
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SHATTERED
That was it after twenty-five years. A note on the table when he got home from work, the suitcases gone, an empty wardrobe. He re-read: ‘can’t carry on like this… your temper… mood swings… deserve better… fighting… better for us both.’ He felt the anger building. He crumpled the note in a clenched fist. The…
Iain Kelly 