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Emma Hammond - [the view across the table leads not to the sea]
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER
Emma Hammond
the view across the table leads not to the sea
as the multispiked flowers might suggest
but rather towards a piecemeal idea of future life
called ‘i have done it and have a dog called SNIP’.
he is a good dog but Boy does he blend
and run all over chasing a tale or 2
to tell at glitzy parties in his best ruffle.
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