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Helen Eccles
Helen is a retired librarian. She has one husband, two children and a Dachshund dog. Retirement has given Helen more time to walk her dog, which shows no more enthusiasm for this activity than she does. Helen also has more time for reading, writing, and visiting gardens. She enjoys being a member of a writing group and reading her work to various clubs and societies. She was runner-up in the Spring artsextra short story competition with her story The Man Who Looked Like Dylan Thomas.
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City Streets by Helen
Eccles
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Crowded shops - jostling.
Children called Dallas,
or Houston or Texas,
shrieking and screaming.
Red buses rumbling,
and Bible boys shouting.
Book lovers browsing
in emporiums of peace.
Old man playing a flute,
unheeding.
Later, night falling,
laughing and singing,
pubbing and clubbing.
Take away packaging
litters the ground.
Neon lighting,
flashing and winking.
Taxi cabs hooting.
Explosions of sound.
Derelict leaning on the wall,
watching.
Dimly lit street,
by lamplight mysterious.
Squalid smeared pavements,
no one around.
Cans in the gutter.
Gurgling at gratings.
Old houses gaping,
windows uncurtained,
rain slanting down.
Girl in an alleyway,
waiting.
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