Claire Everett

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Since when was there a dress code for respect? If it's not the attire, it's the size of the pin, the depth of the bow, or whether he sings. And then there's another spin: that the soggy raincoat added weight to the well-worn narrative of "Them and Us." No mention that after the pomp and ceremony, while the warmongers were rubbing shoulders over canapés, he was at Horseguards talking about bread-and-butter.

silence
as told by a robin
Armistice Day