The T-shirt idea

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‘Have you thought about acting?’

‘I’m sorry?’

‘Acting. You’re good enough. Bit of training and you’d be away.’

‘What?’

‘Or comedy. You know you’ve always wanted to.’

‘I would rather boil my hands.’

‘You’re just saying that.’

‘Or that T-shirt idea.’

‘Please don’t mention that.’

‘But you could, you know. You know you could. You just have to start.’

‘This is complete balls, even by your standards.’

‘I was just putting forward -‘

‘Do you think you could go now? I’m trying to work.’

‘If you insist.’

‘I do.’

‘OK then.’

‘OK then.’

‘Will you call me?’

‘You know I will.’

‘You won’t.’

‘I will.’

‘That’s what you always say.’

 

 

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Published by Anthony Wilson

I am a poet and writing tutor. For 24 years I worked in teacher and medical education at the University of Exeter. My anthology Lifesaving Poems was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2015. In 2012 I published Riddance (Worple Press), a collection of poems, and Love for Now (Impress Books), a memoir, about my experience of cancer. The Wind and the Rain, my sixth collection of poems, was published in 2023 by Blue Diode Press. Plymbridge, a new pamphlet, is available now from Worple Press. My final research project, funded by the Foyle Foundation, was Young Poets' Stories: https://youngpoetsstories.com/. This blog is archived by the British Library.

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