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The Oak Tree
Alex McKinnon
“Jack pedalled slowly down Ryder Street, trying to be quiet,
hoping she wouldn’t be there.
He would just say, “No thanks, Mrs Simmons, I’ve got to
go. I’m running late”.
And her face would drop, and she would silently turn and
shuffle back to the front porch of her little fibro house, gnarled
hands clutching the newspaper Jack delivered …”
