Break in

I am a grown-up now, and I can play in quarries and on building sites if I take care not to get caught. I can't climb fences like I once could, but I can buy bolt cutters with my Screwfix card. I am a grown-up now, and I can fetch my frisbee from the railway line as long as there's no train coming. I am a grown-up now, but I grew up learning to be scared, so I don't break locks or snip fences or put carpets over barbed wire. I just watch, and tut, and wish that I was braver.

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Jamie Larson
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