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Bills were mailed express, black borders ordered PAY. Across the page the |
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figures were laying and laughing... Jenny ripped them up. She ran the bath. |
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Called her daughter, told her "Count to three, then throw the toaster - |
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Mummy's ghost will watch you from a better place. Be brave!" |
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She braced herself but plugs were pulled. No power, so she crawled into |
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the kitchen, tried the oven. Slipped her head in sideways, raised a hand, |
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switched on the gas... No hiss, alas! She snapped. She snatched the safety |
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razor, slid it across her wrist. She snapped a dozen plastic knives. She |
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tried a dive through double glazing. Taps kept dripping. Rats were running. |
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Vermin squirming in their holes, the neighbors banging on the walls. |
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Outside the sirens were blaring. Babies screamed. The jailer was staring at |
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her nakedness; smiled from the mirror with a key tied on a string. She |
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can't get out, he won't come in... Round and round we go. Her tower. MY |
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TOWER! |