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Thyrza Leyshon - New Town Story 1976
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New Town Story 1976
Thyrza Leyshon
The children slept in their cots, wrapped
up in new wallpaper they had stripped
from the walls. I gently pulled it away,
but that isn’t the end of the story.
What woke them were eggs thrown
at the window, yolks dripping
like a broken sun. I had just picked
up the kids when airgun shots hit the glass,
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