None - both my parents were only children, but I do have a couple of surrogate uncles, like my mum's cousin Ronnie and family friend Simon. My parents had umpteen aunts and uncles and therefore cousins, but they are scattered to the four corners, never to be heard again. In many ways, I envy people with aunts,uncles etc., because there was no sense of extended family for me or my sister. When my parents died, the family tree was cut back to brutal stalks.
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calico_pye) wrote,
Mean As Custard
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50 Day Meme Challenge 2014 - Day 49
None - both my parents were only children, but I do have a couple of surrogate uncles, like my mum's cousin Ronnie and family friend Simon. My parents had umpteen aunts and uncles and therefore cousins, but they are scattered to the four corners, never to be heard again. In many ways, I envy people with aunts,uncles etc., because there was no sense of extended family for me or my sister. When my parents died, the family tree was cut back to brutal stalks.
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William Blake- The Sick Rose
O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm: Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark…
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In a Station of the Metro - by Ezra Pound
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.
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Virginia Woolf Would Be Proud
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