nothing's certain anymore,

I dont know what matters,

confusion paints my head,

my inhibitions lie in tatters

I've found that special one

for whom I'd long yearned

to make up for those times

I'd had my fingers burned

always terrified of women,

felt they were over-sexed,

averse to the physical side,

passion left me perplexed

seemed safer to keep awa...

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You didn't argue with him

Registrars quailed and more than one

Seasoned sister had fled in tears while

He was loaded, a

Private practice financing

Mansion, country cottage, horses, boat

All the trappings

A pretty if fading wife who'd put up

With a lot.

He was in his prime.

Then that bloody virus hit and he was

King no more

Elective surgery on hold

The normal ...

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A cloak hid her weight

Or she hoped it did as

She scoured second hand bookshops and

Oxfam for

Thirty-five years of books that she

Never let go.

You can imagine that lonely bungalow, the kind

They clear out on TV, with explanations from a

Psychologist, so when

Annie broke her hip she had to watch

Other patients during visiting hours and

Although she seemed on the me...

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