I fold away the last pillowcase and box up their little cups stamped with jousting knights and damsels in distress and sit myself down under the old tree. End of summer light flutters through the leaves, golden and dappled with the sound of small voices fading away. In August we live their resounding chaos and joy. They shriek in the dark, dashing about in the fear/thrill game that their uncles and fathers embroider from their own childhood. They scrutinise lizards losing tails and ask me serious questions about death. They tumble insouciant on the lawn at golden […]
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