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Salome by Carol Ann Duffy I’d done it before (and doubtless I’ll do it again, sooner or later) woke up with a head on the pillow beside me – whose? – what did it matter? Good-looking, of course, dark hair, rather matted; the reddish beard several shades lighter; with very deep lines around the eyes,Continue reading “Heads you Win… more on the Feast Day of St John the Baptist”