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I like the repetition of 'In the final year the flowers bloomed...' Beautiful illustration too.

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Thank you! Recently, repetition seems to be creeping into my writing more and more (and more... and more... and... 😁). I'm guessing it's partly a result of years spent hanging out with Salena Godden - Salena uses a lot of repetition, and it's particularly powerful in a spoken word context.

As for the illustration... I'm almost ashamed to admit that it's AI-generated. Although I have a somewhat strange angle on AI, an approach which started out as a conceit, but has had some weird & wonderful consequences (not least being asked to submit art to a major show in a London gallery earlier this year): I treat my digital alter-ego "The Mycoleum" as a kind of animistic channelling of the intentions of electrons, a mouthpiece for the desires of silicon & copper. I dunno, it works for me! You can find more at https://www.instagram.com/mycoleum

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