there is a duty to repair beautiful things
like people  silence  traumatised dogs and planets
to fill the jagged tree-lines of their fractures
with gold from the sun and silver light reflected from snow

if nothing else you do
is worthy of being human
this is

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Cameron McClure

Cameron McClure doesn’t exist. He is the pen-name for a  permanently retired civil servant who lives in Northern Ireland and likes nothing better than competitive banter over a pint or two. He believes it will all come right on the night because he’s happier that way and no-one has yet proved him wrong though a lot of well-meaning people try to for some reason.