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nut

my mother always told me that

i was allergic to every kind of nut

so i never ate a snickers or a

walnut whip and was afraid of

people who did but while i was

a member of a cult that baked

organic bread i ate a pecan nut

that was destined for a religious

flapjack and felt fine, no tingling,

no swollen lips or dark, treacle

like bowel movements so did i

spend my childhood hidden from

dangerous kernels for nothing?

◄ crawl back in

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raypool

Fri 18th Mar 2016 15:19

Perhaps you were protected by the religious nature of the flapjack Stu. It seems rather strange that the idea of an allergy should be suggested before the experience of it. Which comes first, the chicken or the nut? I grew up with rationing, and in those days no allergies ever mentioned. (old fart).

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 18th Mar 2016 14:51

Reminds me of Philip Larkin's famous lines about what
your mum and dad do to you!
(They don't mean to but they do).

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