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Kevin Rowland
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My dad said, “You’re going nowhere.” I was seven or eight.
“Your cooking sucks” – before I learned to cook in Covid.
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People who abuse their power to subjugate others.
Ultimately, a bigger hallway.
Through rose-tinted spectacles.
To have the courage to fail.
As little rubbish to sort through as possible.
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