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Magdalene's parents are out him to work and her shopping and so she brings Mary back to listened to Billy Fury on the Hi-Fi in her room and sip some of her ma's ***** and smoke the cigarettes Mary borrowed from her da's pack they sit on the single bed feet tapping so how's things with your da? Mary says strained Magdalene says he has a tone of voice he keeps just for me she inhales smoke from the cigarette shame my da's seems to have forgotten about it now either that or he's given up on me Mary says looking at the cigarette between two of her fingers smoke rising Magdalene exhales smoke into the room I had a job to get this fecking LP Ma bought it for me for my 14th birthday she holds up the LP Halfway To Paradise it reads wish I was halfway to paradise Mary says instead of halfway to Hell according to the nuns at school this could be our halfway to paradise here Magdalene says gazing her cigarette watching the smoke lift ceiling-wards how comes here? Mary says looking sideways at Magdalene us here on my bed music playing ***** and all Magdalene says turning to look at Mary what if your parents return and we're in bed? Mary says Da's at work and Ma's shopping in Dublin takes her hours to shop there Magdalene says Mary muses on the record cover holds it between fingers don't know seems risky to me Magdalene drinks back her ***** and puts the empty glass on the bedside table next to the statue of Our Lady and stumps out the cigarette **** in the ashtray she'd bought up from the lounge our chance to be closer Magdalene says Mary stubs out her cigarette **** in the ashtray and gulps back the ***** and puts the glass next to Magdalene's nearly got this far with that O'Brien kid only I didn't fancy him and just played him along then slapped his face and walked out passing his ma on the stairs and she gave me one of her looks and I was gone Mary says glad you did Magdalene says wonder what his ma'd say if she found you two at it on his bed? God forbid the thought Mary says Magdalene leans in close and kisses her a hand on her thigh both gazing at each eye to eye.
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Apr 25, 2016
Apr 25, 2016 at 1:56 AM UTC
EACH EYE TO EYE 1963.
Magdalene's parents are out him to work and her shopping and so she brings Mary back to listened to Billy Fury on the Hi-Fi in her room and sip some of her ma's ***** and smoke the cigarettes Mary borrowed from her da's pack they sit on the single bed feet tapping so how's things with your da? Mary says strained Magdalene says he has a tone of voice he keeps just for me she inhales smoke from the cigarette shame my da's seems to have forgotten about it now either that or he's given up on me Mary says looking at the cigarette between two of her fingers smoke rising Magdalene exhales smoke into the room I had a job to get this fecking LP Ma bought it for me for my 14th birthday she holds up the LP Halfway To Paradise it reads wish I was halfway to paradise Mary says instead of halfway to Hell according to the nuns at school this could be our halfway to paradise here Magdalene says gazing her cigarette watching the smoke lift ceiling-wards how comes here? Mary says looking sideways at Magdalene us here on my bed music playing ***** and all Magdalene says turning to look at Mary what if your parents return and we're in bed? Mary says Da's at work and Ma's shopping in Dublin takes her hours to shop there Magdalene says Mary muses on the record cover holds it between fingers don't know seems risky to me Magdalene drinks back her ***** and puts the empty glass on the bedside table next to the statue of Our Lady and stumps out the cigarette **** in the ashtray she'd bought up from the lounge our chance to be closer Magdalene says Mary stubs out her cigarette **** in the ashtray and gulps back the ***** and puts the glass next to Magdalene's nearly got this far with that O'Brien kid only I didn't fancy him and just played him along then slapped his face and walked out passing his ma on the stairs and she gave me one of her looks and I was gone Mary says glad you did Magdalene says wonder what his ma'd say if she found you two at it on his bed? God forbid the thought Mary says Magdalene leans in close and kisses her a hand on her thigh both gazing at each eye to eye.
two Irish girls listening to Billy Fury in a bedroom in 1963
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TerryCollett
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Apr 25, 2016
Apr 25, 2016 at 1:56 AM UTC
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