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Stephen Beattie Burscough Stephen Beattie lives in rural West Lancashire
with his wife and inspiration, Nicky. His poetry has appeared widely
in magazines and on radio. His two collections, 'Treading the Helix'
and 'Between the Lines' are both published by Indigo dreams. He is a
founding member of Southport Fringe writers. Poem written 12/06/2020 Schools Out Usually we only meet other couples, sometimes a family, sometimes a lone walker. The routine always remains the same, nervous smiles accompany polite hellos as we pass in the recommended manner. Not today. Today a gathering of boy-men lounge on the canal bank as close to each other as a clutch of hatchlings. They drink bottled beer, (corona of course), pass round a communal joint their mouths uttering meaningless oaths punctuated by forced laughter. They say nothing to us, we say nothing to them and we walk on, because beneath their bravado we sense their fear.
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