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Fellow travellers, how are you?

I've been snowed in today, which is surreal, given the date. But it's a strange old world we live in I suppose. Anyway, here's today's poem...I appear to have been channelling Sophie's Choice, despite never having seen the film. I think it's probably because Meryl Streep and I are sisters and we have a very close bond. 

Nearly done now, day 37!

The Supercilious Technique

If you grip your teeth like that

they won’t thank you for it.

Those little sheep

in the pasture of your mouth

need to be free to graze

when they want to.

Leaving something behind

was never going to be easy.

But you pick a favourite child

for a reason.

Give it one turn of your body,

swift and unyielding.

There will be pain,

there always is,

but when your muscles begin to forget

you’ll wonder what it was you were ever holding on to.