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THE DREAM…

I was climbing in the gym and was really high up, at the top of a climb. Suddenly the rope fell away and I watched it fall through the ‘draws. I hadn’t tied in properly. My partner started yelling something and I almost started to panic but then yelled, ‘Don’t worry I got this,’ and down climbed safely all the way to the bottom.

Maja Flower

THE MEANING

Sometimes the fear that, were we to swim

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