I just received some news from this cruel event. The round 1 results are out!!!
I thought that my results were very ordinary last year.
Silly me!
I have lowered the bar even further.
In a field of about 3500 aspiring writers I am currently running equal last.
Nice work, Brutus!
Richmond Road 
Equal last? You mean there’s somebody else out there as bad as you?
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Probably not. But there are a couple of others currently stranded on the same pointscore (0). No doubt they will improve their position in the next assignment. I, on the other hand, will respond with maturity and refuse to continue with the torture. So, yes, it is likely that I will place dead, stone-cold, motherless last.
A new low.
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Or, perhaps you are the foundation of the results table. Without you, it would all collapse. It is an admirable, and vital, role. I take off my hat to you, my good sir.
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True enough. Somebody has to come last. I should do so as a matter of honour. And just to prove it is no fluke I will come last next year as well. I shall aim high, but also aim for consistency
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Maybe there has been a technical error.
Are you going to share your entry on here?
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I have to concede that it was fairly bad. So I am a bit reluctant to share. But I will.
There’s no technical error, though. It’s all legit. I just need a few moments to get my dignity back in order.
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And I just did. Regretting it already.
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Hi Brutus … saw this and the photographic resemblance was uncanny … read it and wondered but Christine claims she doesn’t know you at all … others are sharing the photo you hide behind! I’ve heard a rumour you are as bald as a badger … where did that saying coming from they are hairy little critters surely?
https://poetryforhealing.com/2018/12/08/gnarly/
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Yeah …. it could be me (but obviously a photo taken some time ago during my handsome period). Certainly it seems to be ABOUT me, anyway.
Uncanny indeed.
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how are you?
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Well …. I’m old and tired. But I just spent 2 days at the Adelaide Oval with my oldest watching the cricket. So I am in no position to complain.
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ah sol a good bonding time then even if we lost!
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Yeah …. special
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hey if you take the boys to cricket when can we go to the ballet … got to treat us all fairly!
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I’ll take you to the next test. That would be fair.
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I’m into pleasure not torture!
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It’s a fine line between pleasure and pain
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so I hear from those into SnM …
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You must mix with some unusual people
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one meets all types volunteering 🙂
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