{"id":14578,"date":"2022-05-03T08:14:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T07:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/a-small-man-sits-at-a-very-long-table-telling-very-big-lies-and-staring-like-a-doll\/"},"modified":"2022-05-03T08:14:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T07:14:26","slug":"a-small-man-sits-at-a-very-long-table-telling-very-big-lies-and-staring-like-a-doll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/a-small-man-sits-at-a-very-long-table-telling-very-big-lies-and-staring-like-a-doll\/","title":{"rendered":"A small man sits at a very long table telling very big lies and staring like a doll \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A small man sits at a very long table telling very big lies and staring like a doll \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

by Claudia Court, with image by Alix Emery<\/em><\/p>\n

Russian dolls are built to shrink<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wrap around the next size down<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 stream bursting its banks<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0invest your money<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 can\u2019t buy you love<\/p>\n

is like a merry-go-round<\/p>\n

table discussions will take place<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 names to be written in capitals<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paris Rome or Kyiv<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 patrolled by soldiers<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 made of toast<\/p>\n

masters raising their glass<\/p>\n

ceiling for the fairer sex<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bomb explodes without warning<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 flares are so seventies<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 music was uniquely good<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gracious is that the time<\/p>\n

zone in on your target<\/p>\n

practise what you preach<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to the converted<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 barn owls screech all night \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sirens wail in wartime<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rations are never enough<\/p>\n

to satisfy a small man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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