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Buffer Stops
We spent a lot of our time playing near or on the derelict buffer stops Fast trains occasionally sped by sounding their warning whistles loudly But we did not care and returned to our coal foul playgrounds As soon as the dangers of the speeding trains had passed unseen These were our carefree days and…
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An Afternoon on the Beach
Today I spent an afternoon on the beach with Jane Nothing happened yet a lot conspired to happen I dropped a sharp pebble ino Jane’s beach bag (As I collect pebbles and fossils) And remarkably it punctured a can of cider which slowly leaked For about twenty minutes during which time I calculated the possibilities…
