Fraser Duncan

Making Fun of The Self – On talking whilst alone

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Some might think I talk a lot less living on my own. Maybe I do, but it seems otherwise to me. I constantly ask questions of myself and the inanimate objects within the room. And I have full-blown conversations through the window with the birds, the cats and the occasional rat crossing the lawn. The […]

My Voice – My voice is Scottish

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never shuts upnever speaksvoice through writing,other people,adversity,group vs solointernet voicephone voicework voicefriends voicestrangers voiceorganiser voiceteam member voiceparent voicepartner voicechild voiceill voicehealthy voicestressed voicerelaxed voicelearning voicesharing voicesleepy voiceawake voiceunconscious voiceinternal dialogueangry voicefrightened voicesibling voiceageing voicevoice no more FraserAugust 2023

The Cold and Dark – I see the snow that isn’t there

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I see the snow that isn’t thereit brings back thoughts so dark and meanthe ice persists in soul laid bare But I have often taken careto polish memories and make them cleanI see the snow that isn’t there On seeing snow, I have to stareat all the things that I have seenthe ice persists in […]