{"id":42436,"title":"I Can Dance But I Won't","description":"by Matteo Delred","content":"

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\"f0vsrixdptnrqg99ddmmxycvfyggb8vmw77blt1ux85nlrxr.jpg.jpg?w=1140&v=2\"I was thinking of the Mystery Men,<\/p>

the one who could turn invisible<\/p>

as long as no one was watching.<\/p>

That stoic fatigue is loneliness,<\/p>

salt and vinegar crisps,<\/p>

pub lunch and stout -<\/p>

an old life,<\/p>

hunched,<\/p>

bottoms up,<\/p>

sinking down.<\/p>

\"ilww9md2nmtoiqvk31qcnatehhixj330ygybbskn4iod1zzs.jpg.jpg?w=1140&v=2\" Pansies,<\/p>

love-in-idleness.<\/p>

\u201cHave you been up there?\u201d she asked.<\/p>

\u201cNo. But I could have.<\/p>

Now that I\u2019ve done England,\u201d he said.<\/p>

A cut ran across his cheek.<\/p>

A sign reads:<\/p>

\u2018Men Working Overhead\u2019 \u2014 vandalised with penises.<\/p>

The next sign - \u2018Give Way\u2019 - has given way.<\/p>

I sigh.<\/p>

I linger in it a moment too long;<\/p>

the silence between us is gone.<\/p>

\u201cThey\u2019re all bitches,\u201d he says.<\/p>

I glance at him, then down at his three dogs.<\/p>

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