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  • Water

    Bluebell Woods
    Hauled up and down in a bucket. Clattering against the sides. Skin scraping. Water escaping each time. Precious water. Every drop guarded. Needed. Deep in the well of darkness. Cold. Unable to move. Beyond exhausted. Five times dipped before the hard...

  • Sounding the bugle call.

    Bluebell Woods
    The Cavalry have arrived. Counselling. And Well Being coaching. And Gym assessment. And free membership. And financial advice. And help.  A bit late to the skirmish. Post scalping. Still, smoking the pipe. Pow-wow. 

  • Normal

    Bluebell Woods
    Expect the worst but hope for the best. That old cliche. Pre-armoured. Bulletproof. An invite to misfortune offered by the gods of optimism.  Feeling. Poking and prodding. Everything feels normal. Everything looks normal. Talk of minimal things....

  • Immunocompromised

    Bluebell Woods
    Dilemmas. What to do. Protection or life. Protection and life. Protection and no life. Dilemmas. Drive. When run down, with traffic and parking and unfamiliar roads. Train. Also unfamiliar. Enters, swaggering, uncaring. Shouting, with phone to ear, &...

  • Distraction

    Bluebell Woods
    TV. Day time. Quiz shows, news, Real Deals. Breakfast TV, loose woman? Maybe not at that stage, yet. Granny. Blankets. Graduating to a hat. Nothing too complicated. Anything beyond simple befuddles the brain. Cancer. Thoughts from morning to night? N...
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