Between the Hours

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BETWEEN THE HOURS
by
Sebastian Clinch

Claire remembers the trees.

Their shade was so welcome on a hot summer's day.

Outside Mrs Clancy's house.
But what had she to do with Mrs Clancy?

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That was yesterday.

Yet now the Autumn wind blows chill

And the leaves have fallen.

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And Mrs Clancy is dead.

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'Where were you between the hours....'

Surely this question is not being directed at her!

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How can Claire prove her innocence

When she does not know the answer?

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Gradually, her memory returns.

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The car stopping,

The man with the orange hair,

The loud-speaker in the street,

The strange smell,

Mrs Clancy laughing.

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But how can she convince the Police

That she is not making it all up as she goes along?

 Claire will remember things she would much prefer to forget....

Such as the china toad..............

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Never before has loss-of-memory been so vividly described.

Never before has the tension of  'the chase' been so well expressed.

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Finally, why was this photograph of Mrs Clancy in Claire's hand?
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The Amnesiacs' Almanac ; letters to the editor; 'I really enjoyed this book but I can't remember why.' 
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BY DESIGN?

When designers sit down at their draft-boards

Designing some humdrum affair

Like the bus-shelters seen in my picture,

(So common they're seen everywhere)

Do they ever consider the shadows

That are thrown on the ground by the light,

Saying ' Let's run this through the computer

To see if the shadows are right.'

Are the beautiful curves on the pavement,

Which rarely get one second glance,

The result of some clever designing

Or something that happens by chance?
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