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Emma Hammond - [the view across the table leads not to the sea]
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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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