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CHRIS PALMER

 

As I offer her

my small change

and a few smaller words

 

I notice the shop assistant

is wearing a necklace

of lovebites

 

which embellish

and blemish

her skin.

 

Perhaps a multicoloured sign

warning people

to stay away.

 

Or a set

of traffic lights:

her demeanour softening

 

as they change

from red to amber to green-

"Do you want a bag?"