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Seasons Change
Orange trees, leaning against the horizon, days tire and go home sooner, our world famous rainy days have returned. I thought about the wasted summer, how I barely made friends with the sun, we were shy acquaintances, and now I can barely see her face. I drink hot chocolate, as the trees in my yard…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x – S05E08 – It’s Happy Hour Again! (This episode is NOT sponsored by Caramel Digestives)
On today’s episode, Jennifer shares some new poems, and talks about how she survived lockdown, how biscuits lead to chaos, the first time she was attracted to a woman and her funeral plans. Jennifer also updates you on recent events in British politics, including Priti Patel being the worst, Nicola Sturgeon being the best and…
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Caramel Digestives
It began with caramel digestives. He had them in his kitchen, and confessed that one of my stories had inspired the purchase. My heart melted, just at the thought of finding someone who listens, who remembers the little things, and I watched him pour me another drink, as I tried to look interesting and sophisticated.…
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The First Of Many Wives
I remember you as heaven, horseback, haughty, as I watched you glide past. You are now the past, a vision that is invited in, when I hear Happy Hour, by The Housemartins, and I recall, dark tresses, long dress, with a slit at the leg, the way you rode past, never knowing that you had…
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She Call Me “Heartbreaker”
It started with Jay Z’s verse, in Mariah Carey’s Heartbreaker. I had heard it thousands of times, but that time, in the midst of my own misery, and eventual heartbreak, I heard it, as if it was speaking to me directly. Shopping in solitude, because it had been an hour since I’d been adored, and…