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The Future<\/strong><\/p>\n My children think they know you to gain entry into the next They return each night which bulge in their bags indistinguishably. as an uncle they see once a year You place an arm round their shoulders You speak to them with kindness, which pass your lips in silence <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anthony Wilson<\/strong> is editor of Lifesaving Poems<\/em> (Bloodaxe, 2015), based on his blog of the same name. His other books include Riddance<\/em> (Worple Press, 2012) and a memoir of cancer, Love for Now<\/em> (Impress Books, 2012). He blogs at www.anthonywilsonpoetry.com<\/a> Twitter: @awilsonpoet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Future My children think they know you as they prepare statements to gain entry into the next of what you have in store. They return each night with requests for homework and parties which bulge in their bags indistinguishably. Perhaps you look on them kindly as an uncle they see once a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[135,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2016-poetry-picks","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10325"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23827,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325\/revisions\/23827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nas they prepare statements<\/p>\n
\nof what you have in store.<\/p>\n
\nwith requests for homework and parties<\/p>\n
\nPerhaps you look on them kindly<\/p>\n
\nslipping them money through his goodbyes.<\/p>\n
\nwatching them pay for goods they cannot afford.<\/p>\n
\nsending them messages of hope<\/p>\n
\neven though you are smiling.<\/p>\n