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June 1 Testing, Testing in the queue it’s just a little sniffle minor a-tishoo! but you gotta go you talk the talk you walk the walk,...

JANE CLIFTON
Jun 2, 20211 min read
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May 27 - Blitzkrieg
London in the blitz we are masked up and gone to ground the siren sound of ABC updates and we are back to Rachel and the cronies lobbing...

JANE CLIFTON
May 28, 20211 min read
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Second-night down, luvvy...
WANING I know how the moon feels tonight yesterday’s superstar in the spotlight every neck craning for a view of beautiful clever...

JANE CLIFTON
May 28, 20211 min read
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For the moon, from moons ago...
IN THE PINK AND BLUE AND SUPER no wonder humans had to make up god how else could they explain a sky like that? the great white ball...

JANE CLIFTON
May 27, 20211 min read
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Kicking Against the Pricks
May 19 short memory (must have a …) this time last year doors barred and bolted faces masked expressions halted silent highways empty...

JANE CLIFTON
May 19, 20211 min read
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VAX et PAX
shield maiden, I tiny prick a pink a puncture needle eye and you are in the wall a brick against the fall of all we know and love tiny...

JANE CLIFTON
May 4, 20211 min read
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Rocky Road recipe
ROCKY ROAD - as shared to me by Justine Sloane-Lees Ingredients 2 or 3 blocks 250gram chocolate (whatever colour) Marshmallows – cut into...

JANE CLIFTON
Dec 22, 20201 min read
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ANGRY BIRD
Oct 29 ANGRY BIRD angry all the time it’s exhausting debilitating frustrating infuriating angry at stupidity duplicity fuqwittery...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 29, 20201 min read
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SAD FACE
Oct 20 Sad Face muzzled for life now the sun is out it feels unnatural science-fictional a Jetson kinda world that none of us...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 20, 20201 min read
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LITTLE STEPS
Oct 19 Little Steps fill the tank and before you know it you are far away beyond the 5k limit and it’s heady all that freedom that...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 20, 20201 min read
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IN PRAISE OF INSTA
Oct 14 In Praise of Insta friends’ gardens a rose a tulip spray of lilac autumn leaves of burnished gold now falling and renewed with...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 14, 20201 min read
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IN A HOLDING PATTERN
Oct 10 Marking time wishing our lives away we are flat-chat in the race March becomes July another week another bleak prospect of...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 10, 20201 min read
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GET WELL SOON-ish...
July 17th THE LAST TRUMP a toddler at the head of state our fate subject to baby needs seems fitting in this world of toddlers, twats and...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 5, 20201 min read
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Truth Dare Kiss or Promise
Oct 3 good news bad news which ding dong the witch is dead or instead a fraidy-cat plays possum messes with our heads really really sick...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 3, 20201 min read
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CURFEW 56
DAY 56 – Sept 27 our curfew now is done this chronicle shall cease 42 spun into 56 observations dissertations lamentations celebrations...

JANE CLIFTON
Sep 28, 20201 min read
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CURFEW 55
DAY 55 – Sept 26 but in 3 weeks time will it be 3 weeks more will the finish line keep creeping evermore distant from you and me the...

JANE CLIFTON
Sep 28, 20201 min read
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CURFEW 51
DAY 51 – Sept 22 boulevards of buildings avenues of architecture palaces and libraries museums statuary pier and parklands station...

JANE CLIFTON
Sep 27, 20201 min read
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CURFEW 54
DAY 54 – Sept 25 it’s happened I’m bored I’m the chairman of the bored I’m the mortar board of bored I’m the sideboard of bored the...

JANE CLIFTON
Sep 26, 20201 min read
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CURFEW 52
DAY 52 – Sept 23 could be a spoon in a ribbon could be a spoon painted green just a little spoon stuck in the mud that’s all a little...

JANE CLIFTON
Sep 25, 20201 min read
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CURFEW 53
DAY 53 – Sept 24 holding our collective breath almost hyperventilating not good for our mental health the countdown is excruciating in...

JANE CLIFTON
Sep 25, 20201 min read
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