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Question 1

Loved harder, better -

Answer 1

Grandmother cuts into my track, surprising

Question 2

Grandmother cuts into my track, surprising:

Answer 2

Just to know my grown size

Question 3

Just to know my grown size

Answer 3

Wearing the blue frock I wore to her husband’s funeral

Question 4

Wearing the blue frock I wore to her husband’s funeral

Answer 4

That I didn’t fit in by the time it was hers

Question 5

That I didn’t fit in by the time it was hers

Answer 5

She leans close, pinches my cheek

Question 6

She leans close, pinches my cheek

Answer 6

Slips Me a Tunnock Tea cake

Question 7

Slips Me a Tunnock Tea Cake

Answer 7

Before reuniting her arm through David’s

Question 8

Before reuniting her arm through David’s

Answer 8

Disappearing again, off to bet on the Gee-gees

Question 9

Disappearing again, off to bet on the Gee-gees

Answer 9

A laugh booms. Cracks

Question 10

A laugh booms. Cracks.

Answer 10

Gravitas. Thunder

Question 11

Gravitas. Thunder

Answer 11

All lightning - Houdini marvels

Question 12

All lightning - Houdini marvels

Answer 12

In finest technicolour Batik

Question 13

In finest technicolour Batik

Answer 13

Shirt of his own design, of course

Question 14

Shirt of his own design, of course

Answer 14

There He is

Question 15

There He is

Answer 15

I run, need faster than feet,

Question 16

I run, need faster than feet,

Answer 16

I leap and when my Dad catches Me

Question 17

I leap and when my Dad catches Me

Answer 17

In his big arms, all cradled, safely returned

Question 18

In his big arms, all cradled, safely returned

Answer 18

At long last, my baby

Question 19

At long last, my baby

Answer 19

Hair tickles a once-again dark beard, little

Question 20

Hair tickles a once-again dark beard, little

Answer 20

Dungarees crammed with pistachio shells

Question 21

Dungarees crammed with pistachio shells

Answer 21

He just taught Me how to crack for the second-first time

Question 22

He just taught me how to crack for the second-first time

Answer 22

Everyone howls as I make grubby swipes

Question 23

Everyone howls as I make grubby swipes

Answer 23

For his pint of Fosters- He’s happy, distracted

Question 24

For his pint of Fosters - He’s happy, distracted

Answer 24

Regaling stories from The Gambia - He’s without care

Question 25

Regaling stories from The Gambia - He’s without care

Answer 25

Soft asking touch to his shoulder

Question 26

Soft asking touch to his shoulder

Answer 26

Then hands set me on two young feet