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When you can barely stand to look at someone without turning away to catch your breath.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 December 2016 source ↗
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A mix – safety to be yourself, acceptance, a feeling of peace and reliance, but also challenge, whether that’s intellectual or emotional.
Laughing and silliness.
Like you’ve got no other thought in your head.
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Laying down slabs for the council.
When a pal grabbed hold of me as I fell into an unbanistered stairwell at a rave. Would have been curtains, but for his sharp reaction.
I haven’t achieved anything of note yet.
Happiness is mostly intrinsic: you’re either a happy soul or a miserable bastard. Fortunately, I’m the former.
There’s been the odd beauty on the dance floor I really ought to have gone home with.
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