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Dear John Letter

Posted on May 30, 2021 by johnbrucecairns

Dear John Gary said sorry next day.  I felt better.  It made me think you might be right I was taking out on you the rebuff by him except I didn’t think so at the time.  It was more likely … Continue reading →

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Penchant for Claires

Posted on May 20, 2021 by johnbrucecairns

A soft hammering woke me up too early, from the flat above perhaps but who knows in this block where sound is coming from.  I slept.  Up, I noticed a parked police car and went out onto the balcony to … Continue reading →

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Dream Postscript (to ‘the book’)

Posted on May 17, 2021 by johnbrucecairns

John didn’t like the end of the book which left it with me and wanted me to change it that it was deposited with the reader.  I couldn’t recollect the end but didn’t think it could be changed.  We entered … Continue reading →

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Duple Dream

Posted on May 13, 2021 by johnbrucecairns

We were going through the pub on our artistic venture when my partner leant through a partition to leave his glass, which wasn’t its, on the carpeted stairs behind.  It toppled off and surprisingly broke, into smithereens as I saw, … Continue reading →

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CORRESPONDENCE 36) More Ado

Posted on March 16, 2021 by johnbrucecairns

[314] 27 OCT              AFTER ALL THE MONEY THE STATE HAS SPENT ON MY              EDUCATION                                                                   a hypothesis by Joan Ure              There is no proof              of anything important.              I could at pinch              rustle up proof … Continue reading →

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CORRESPONDENCE 35) Buttons pushed and trips

Posted on March 14, 2021 by johnbrucecairns

[309] To John from Betty              Communiqué                                             (11/10/66)              Very glad (almost happy) to say that in less than a week I (believe I) have slipped out from under your (honest but harsh) communiqué to me and I am … Continue reading →

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CORRESPONDENCE 34) Tour de force

Posted on March 13, 2021 by johnbrucecairns

[295] 16 AUG              I was petrified when you went out of the window, afraid even to move over to stop you in case my movement caused you to fall. [298] 25 AUG              I was aware of being a … Continue reading →

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CORRESPONDENCE 33) Midsummer’s Eve

Posted on March 11, 2021 by johnbrucecairns

[286, his] 23rd June              I overslept and forgot the wireless but I borrowed the headmaster’s and listened to your ‘Captive’ while the 5th year came in and retired to a corner where Alan Mackay131 did acrobatics on the table … Continue reading →

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CORRESPONDENCE 32) Punctuated Rhythms

Posted on March 11, 2021 by johnbrucecairns

[278] 6 MY                            I wonder why you are wary of me. I suppose we have reason              to be wary of each other …but who follows in the shade of reason              re relationships anyhow. Pas nous deux!                            … Continue reading →

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CORRESPONDENCE 31) Love Scene

Posted on March 9, 2021 by johnbrucecairns

[271]                            The girl I love best of all girls is my daughter.  I dont like to              talk about her. I love her. She hates/depends (still) a lot on me. And              that’s that subject.                            John Gray “hopes” … Continue reading →

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