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Category: Friendship

Family

One Olive or Two

The salty tang of olives would hang in the air, sun cream, sweat, salami and cheeses. Picnics with the girls. The sun hanging over our

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Friendship

Just a Piece of Furniture

He sat on me every morning with his black coffee and newspaper, every afternoon with his cheese sandwich and lemonade, and every evening to watch

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Childhood

A Drop of Kindness

I heard the shouting through my bedroom wall one night. It was a woman’s voice. She sounded like how my mum did when my older

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Friendship

Snapped

It was two o’clock. The sky was bright. The leaves lime, golden, russet brown. Everything was a mess. Twiggy, knotted, dying, living. Beautiful yet barren.

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Friendship

Beauty in the Beach

I met Kym at AA. She was a slim woman, with sharp cheekbones, dark velvety skin, and a soft smile. She captivated me. It wasn’t

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Friendship

Love Lock

We ate cheap bread. We moaned about lecturers. We said we’d jog at the start of each term. We didn’t. We drank too much. We

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