Tag: smile
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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…
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INSULATED
She held the blanket to her face and breathed in. The fragrance hit her. She pictured him in sunshine, among the flowers of the rose garden they used to visit. She saw his smile and those wide blue eyes. The fragrance wasn’t him of course. The smell that had stained the blanket was the medicine,…
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HIDDEN
She sneaked away from the rest of the group as they splashed around in the water. ‘Come on, Alice,’ beckoned her friends. It was not often they got the opportunity to enjoy the sunshine by the river. Enthusiasm had got the better of one, then two, and soon all their clothes lay in a pile…
Iain Kelly 