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shift17

@shift17

Single parent, writer, musician, film maker

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shift17
@shift17 Apr 3, 2018, 12:20 PM UTC

I am itchy

I am itchy. I scratch like a monkey. I locate one itch. I scratch it. It feels good. But then another pops up somewhere else. I get it. Then another elsewhere. Endlessly. The doctors call it eczema.…

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shift17
@shift17 Apr 3, 2018, 11:21 AM UTC

Quote of the day

We are all overcommunicated to the point of undercommunication. Rick West.

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shift17
@shift17 Mar 30, 2018, 1:14 PM UTC

Hello Steemit world

It would seem that proving I'm not a bot by holding a piece of paper up in front of me with my name and date on is the thing to do.

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shift17
@shift17 Mar 8, 2018, 11:14 PM UTC

I picked up the knife. I held it for a second or two, my eyes on the shiny blade. I looked at him, then...

...continued from yesterday. Memory is a strange fish. Like those creatures that live at great depths, who learn to adapt in order to survive such extreme environments. Before writing this piece I’d…

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shift17
@shift17 Mar 7, 2018, 11:42 PM UTC

My psycho director tried to murder his sugar daddy.

## True story. The names have been hidden to protect my neck. Several years ago I made a feature film. My second. I had written and produced the first so when this director, who lived in the same sma…

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shift17
@shift17 Mar 5, 2018, 11:58 AM UTC

Single Parent Dad

## As kids, my brother, sister and I were smacked with a hair brush till it broke. My mum even threatened us with a sjambok, a rhino’s tail (we lived in Africa till I was three.) It was rarely used,…

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shift17
@shift17 Feb 28, 2018, 8:30 PM UTC

Anarchy in snowy UK?

## It’s a White-out Countrywide. And because we have such poor facilities to deal with snow in this country the whole thing closes down with just a few flakes. Laughable really. This is the worst/bes…

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@shift17 Feb 27, 2018, 5:57 PM UTC

Shift n Shape

## Who are you? I know who I am and I’ll tell you. But I’ve been nervous about opening up to you. Maybe I’m just a coward. Time will tell. I feel like I’ve got a lot to say. Been a long time quiet. T…

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