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March 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 200 The Last Cigarette In The World

I watch another boat in the harbour sail out Sitting on my own in the bay By the time you get to China on that slow ship I’ll have bitten all my nails and crumbled into the carpet   You had no clear idea of what you’re looking for You only knew you couldn’t stay […]
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September 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 180 We Are Strangers

I was feeling very alienated from the family It wasn’t actually my family it was my partner’s All her brothers and sisters and their offspring We were on holiday at Ocean Beach and it was pissing with rain They were all getting drunk and arguing in the house I wasn’t drinking in those days and […]
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