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Mary Michaels

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Rose

one of the fellows that was    you know    not
he had a pullover on    they were trying to get this
was saying they'd join    then the
so we were all    haven't got    haven't got that
and she said    what was the last one    said she would
you know what

and she    how many    how many left school
so she    no    demonstration about demonstration
I thought that was a bit    she    I'm sorry
but we've had to cater    because people are very much for
or against    she said people don't
but you can't    regulations

and I thought well actually    and then she'd got lots of
she    and she'd got    recipes she said
showed you the recipes    there was this picture and
somebody said well it was in the
hopefully reduced
 
and he asked her    they were doing change of
at Christmas    much denim
that    don't you forget now    remember
you    try one of those
 
bending    a full shadow of bushes
grass as short-cropped as greengrocers' cloth
patience a cigarette in the mouth
one day on one day off one day out one day in
another petal drops    fly settling on
 
the benches yield up their load after a time and
a circle of rising and leaving approaching and sitting
she too    poised on the indecision of say or go
the wheelchair    a pushchair    looking at her watch

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