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Monday the fourteenth of May

gabrielsmy social media 22 May 201210 Jun 2026

A tanka

Urchins clustering
like barnacles to the stilled
rails. We wait. The
tannoy clicks on then clicks off
without an announcement. We wait.

A Reverend Richard Coles tweet.

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Published 22 May 201210 Jun 2026

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