Distance (with Audio) By Claire Massey

She collected the distance between them in her pocket, she'd look at it later when she'd cooked and cleaned and put the screaming kids to bed and washed dishes, washed bottles, washed washing, watched a bit of telly and when he came in she didn't see the 0.0006 miles from his side of the settee to hers, or feel the missing kiss. Her eyes were closing, she picked up the crisp packet he'd left on the floor, put it in her pocket and went to bed.

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Copyright Claire Massey 2010

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