songs and carrots and the tiny problems her children whispered such hot condensation in her ear the every day of dinner like crabs scuttling to nip at her heels and shopping lists and the way the laundry door never quite shut and her hatred of umbrellas and how she saw them as lightning conductors and trying to remember to take the shopping trolley token every time and the oil stains from frying sausages or the mysterious pain in her right knee, sharp and occasional as tomato stakes and the lugging of water from the bath to the lawn that crackled like cellophane not a lawn, really just combed dirt and the hypocrisy of clouds the scooter on morning walks the one that got road-juddered so the steering went bung the toddler, nappy fat and hip heavy and the rabbit that kept escaping and the dog next door apparently hungry and the vacuum cleaner hot wind and dry dust spinning in plastic just a microcosm really and her phone in her pocket its one thing that fits, you know in her stupid womenβs jeans her phone in her pocket not ringing not ringing to say everything will be okay
Written for Go Dog Go Cafe Brave and Reckless Week 1 Book Title “All That She Carried”
Excellent⦠again!
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Thank you so much!!
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You amaze meπ
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That woman needs a 12 month holiday. This is brilliant again and my favourite line amongst many beauts has got to be the toddler who is nappy fat and hip heavy! ππππ
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Thanks Hobbo!! π
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No need for thanks. I look forward to reading you every day! π
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nice.
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Thank you! π
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This could put a woman right of motherhood for life! ππ
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Bravo!
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Thanks!
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wow, this is amazing Worms! I love “the hypocrisy of clouds”, and that last stanza really hits hard.
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Thanks, Kate. It was from the heart.
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This is such a creative way of describing a stressed-out woman’s life. You managed to capture her thoughts all through creative memorable images, each one vivid clever and sharp
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Thank you so much. A truly lovely comment.
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