40 THE DISRUPTION ISSUE
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By Bethan Roberts
The path ahea d is fogged b ut we’ll begin if we must be together locked down, let’s be locked in together. Money’s low. We’ll work at finding work. We bind our ho pes up – shin ing, cobweb-t hin – togethe r. I aim for streng th and yet un peel my flesh displaying dem ons, massing under skin to gether. Alone I’d let m yself get lost in doubt, but our lives are fa stened by a sa fety pin toget her. New neural p athways burst . I’ll heal for us shuffle Spotif y, let’s sway an d spin togethe r. This year, this house again m ust be our city things break – and fall apart, but we’re with in: together.
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