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A few stamen are visible, like tiny black tongues.\" width=\"1372\" height=\"1711\" \/>An afternoon spent, or was it an evening, or three, in a wheel clamp\u2019s tender clasp. My dues for modernist mutation paid out in full: ribs, calves, hands, sections of skull, wrenching, arching, hardening. A homecoming of sorts, a holding; mattress won\u2019t grumble, neither will I \u2013 if only we knew if we\u2019re hot or cold, horsehair or hardware, flesh or fish or foil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"><em>by\u00a0Marion Michell<br \/>\n<\/em>My <a href=\"https:\/\/supinesublime.wordpress.com\">blog<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> My book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Supinely-Sublimely-Selected-Marion-Michell\/dp\/0955677076\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1517667717&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=supinely+sublimely\"><em>Supinely Sublimely<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">U.K.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An afternoon spent, or was it an evening, or three, in a wheel clamp\u2019s tender clasp. 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