The Vanishing Cat
When the day becomes the night and the sky becomes the sea, when the clock…
When the day becomes the night and the sky becomes the sea, when the clock…
The Empire Windrush sails tonight, she’s got a one-way ticket, and she’s half way home…
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore…
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The bed had been positioned deliberately near the window so the artist had a view…
When I was five, I made myself a paper flute. I played it sitting on…
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