Sinister: Give The Game Away

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I thought I should do something for Valentine's Day.

I stopped in at Woolworth's. I looked at the records.
REVOLVER cost £15.99. I thought, I'm not sure I'd pay
£5.99. I was going to head on out when 'Take On Me'
started. I couldn't leave during 'Take On Me'. I
picked up a Spider-Man video and put it down.

I wandered across to the Pick&Mix. One day I may have
to recount the days when I would lock my bicycle on
the edge of the market in autumn's early dusk, wander
into another Woolworth's, and under the bright lights
pile up a bag of mixed sweets that would cost more
than I'd expected. I thought I would pay tribute to
such memories for Valentine's Day. I decided to be
careful. I only picked one of each sweet, in most
cases.

Cola fizz bottles. Blue bottles. A monochrome shark.
strings of black and yellow, loops of orange and
green. A shrimp. A white mouse. A strawberry. Red
lips.

By the time I'd reached the counter, 'You Spin Me
Round (Like A Record)' was finishing. The total cost
was 78p. I considered that reasonable.

As I walked out on to the street, I put the white
mouse in my mouth. It cracked open in an instant of
snowblind rapture.



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