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    In Retail
    In Retail
    In Retail
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    In Retail

    By Jeremy Dixon

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    While working in a well-known pharmacy chain, Jeremy Dixon found surprising inspiration. His poems were written on the ends of till rolls and smuggled out in his socks. Anyone who has ever worked in retail will recognise the characters and situations, and the magnificent management absurdities; but Jeremy also bring his perspective as a gay man to bear with witty and wicked results.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArachne Press
    Release dateApr 10, 2020
    ISBN9781909208902
    In Retail
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    Jeremy Dixon

    Jeremy Dixon was born in Essex and now lives in rural South Wales making Artist’s Books that combine poetry and photography. His poems have appeared both online and in print in Roundyhouse Magazine, Riptide Journal, Lighthouse Journal, Durable Goods, and Really System, among others.

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      In Retail - Jeremy Dixon

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      Introduction

      This collection is the result of my part-time job in a well-known chain of chemists, which rather unexpectedly turned out to be a great source of poetic inspiration.

      Most of the poems in this book began life as hurried lines scribbled on the back of a length of till roll in the lull between sales. As staff members were not allowed to carry any personal items while on the shop-floor, I hid these scraplets in my sock and prayed that today wasn’t the surprise-spot-search-in-the-store-cupboard day.

      This book is dedicated to all my former colleagues and customers and to everything that I learned from them.

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