Tag: watching
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STOLEN WEEKEND
Hustle and bustle. Amongst it all I sit alone. Many come and go: commuters, tourists, pleasure seekers and shoppers. Smiling faces and laughter, serious looks with purposeful strides, blank expressions and automatic motions: all accumulate into the life of the station. The whistle signals an arrival. Her arrival. Loud squealing brakes and steam fill the…
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VIEW ASKEW
‘He’s very proud of it,’ Agnes looked out the kitchen window, sipping from her G & T. Her friend, Winnie, peered out alongside her. There were a series of bumps and bangs from the skewed wooden shed, before Archie emerged from the door. ‘At least it’s kept him occupied for the summer.’ Winnie commented. ‘It’s…
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SCOPOPHOBIA
She’d asked them to brick up the opening but the doctor said it was against building regulations. Instead she got planters and grew grass in them. After a few weeks it was tall enough to fill half the void. She tended to it in the hope that it would fill the opening completely. They tried…
Iain Kelly 