I turn to Frances and ask whether she works in a place like that, and she says, ‘no, I’d never remember the feeding times.’
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4th January – I’m a working man in my prime.
they are considered to be the habits of the unhinged by the rest of the world, yet are not even questioned as the right way to describe things by us.
1st January – Who’s prepared to pay the price, for a trip to paradise?
Instead of responding to the offer I ask what the job will entail and Roger says, ‘promotions.’
30th December – Keep your silly ways or throw them out the window.
I ask mother if there’s anything I can do to help with the preparations and she says, ‘you could try eating a few satsumas.’
28th Dec – Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
He asks about me, and I do that thing where I don’t quite render my recently surrendered position in the past tense.
26th December – Men drinking beer with a foam afloat heard.
Mini-clubman settles on the bar stool next to mine and threatens a conversation.
23rd December – It’s life’s illusions I recall.
Perhaps that is an answer, to know that. I could apply for a job to manage people like her. The enthusiasm evaporates before I reach the end of the thought.
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