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ESTABLISHED PROCEDURE

Up at seven on the dot. Hop into the shower, towel dry, throw on my uniform. Pop a slice of bread in the toaster, spoon on some jam (no clean knives again!), browse the morning headlines. Bag packed, ready to leave at eight on the button. Door opens, out I go, along the corridor and…
Iain Kelly
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SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR

The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow was right there. But everytime she tried to grab it, something blocked her, like a thin mesh she couldn’t penetrate, dulling her view of the world. She would fall back and begin the long journey again, reaching up through the fog to the light. A…
Iain Kelly