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(written during lockdown) “Can we get a toastie Mummy  And then an ice cream?” You skip along  Innocently oblivious to the doom of  Drizzly Sunday mornings in the park.  “If Ivan is open” I say If Ivan is there, all will be fine. Ivan who always wears a white T-shirt Ivan who doesn’t know ourContinue reading “An Ode to Ivan”

(Written during lockdown) I think I say the same things at roughly the same time Every day. Often starting the day with “Poppet it’s early, come and lie down in my bed for a bit” “I won’t lie down I’ll sit up” you say “Ok sit up and play with your toys while I lie down”Continue reading “Deja Vu”

(Written during lockdown) “Look”, you say as we sit in my bed, “I can see the flerections of the fairy lights in the window, They’re red and the sky is black, It looks like they’re dancing in the sky” And as beautiful as it sounds I think to myself  We can only see the bloodyContinue reading “Reflections”