Grief
less loss bless
reminiscent fluorescent luminescent
loss less bless
whimper whisper quiver
bless less loss
deny rely defy quantify
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hallucinate recriminate desecrate
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bargain uncertain floodplain
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alone gravestone prone
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dreams schemes streams
loss less bless
hope misanthrope cope
bless less loss
shadows hollow tomorrow
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rage cage saxifrage
loss less bless
anger flounder auger
bless less loss
frustrate libate exacerbate
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masturbate excoriate lachrymate
loss less bless
weak oblique seek
bless less loss
forward backward forward
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anniversaries corollaries reveries
loss less bless
wake slake daybreak
bless less loss
listen glisten transition
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refrain reclaim remain
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hover discover recover
bless less loss
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saxifrage alpine plant – name from Old French saxifrage, from Late Latin saxifraga, from Latin saxifrages = ‘stone-breaking’
Residents In Situ: writing retreat
a daddy long legs
abseils down from ceiling height
decorates a loo roll on my bathroom shelf
a flash of dark fur
espresso-sized young mouse legs
scarper beneath holed skirting boards
tiny fungi gnats glide on light beams
drawn by sweet flesh
of soft-ripe breakfast bananas
three dust-bodied grey winged moths
shy and neatly folded hide
slotted in slats of collapsed blinds
a mosquito whines
whistles warnings in my ear
primes its proboscis to pierce my skin
I am forced to learn
my room is occupied resists
human residents refuses to be colonised