Dressed as Love by Jess Green shortlist Spoken word is where poetry

Spoken word is where poetry begins

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Dressed as Love by Jess Green shortlist Spoken word is where poetryPower walks in dressed like your best friend, offers to pay the bills and buy the drinks. Tells you to get some sleep because theyve got this, theyll keep watch, stop anyone getting in. Then Power leaves in the night and clears out your house. This is where this book begins. When Powers taken everything. How do you get it back? Burning Eye Books