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Tears

The vision starts to liquefy And lower lip to tremble, The voice begins to thicken And features to resemble The back end of plucked chicken, As infant breathing fills the lungs......

Bang! Bang!

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Books

More than a mother Raymond Carr FANNY TROLLOPE by Teresa Ransom Alan Sutton, £17.99, pp. 236 DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE AMERICANS by Fanny Trollope Alan Sutton, £4.99, pp. 307 THE......