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Wrap Her Up And Put Her Under My Tree
I deny myself three times, before the sun has even got her slippers on.It is Christmas Eve,and I am beside myself,down by the river,I stare at the spirit that inhabits my skin,and I throw rocks at her until she ripples and fades.There is tinsel in my hair and torment in my heart,because all I want…
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Let Us Last Forever
Eastenders is ending and the dinner plates decorate the table.I am faltering, falling asleep in the warmth of your arms, wrapped around me as I try to stay awake.How long does it take until this doesn’t satisfy me?I heard that even the brightest, boldest love dims over time,but I am still blinded by us.My greatest…
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How The Grinch Got Her Groove Back
I was warm again,waiting in the wings as the world tried to survive,red and white lights passed me by and I was struggling to save my own spirits.Losing and living,it was four days to Christmas, but I just couldn’t feel it,but then…I remembered that my grandmother giving me grief in the kitchen was so close,just…
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Darling, I’m Bored Of Waiting
You were plagued by paperwork,peering over your glasses in disbelief as I dared to interrupt you for the third time that morning.It was boring to be second best to your best attempts at responsible adulthood,me, modelling for an audience of none, in my new summer dress,skin sparkling under the trail of sunlight from the window,but…