Patrick McManus

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“Hard Strings” by Patrick McManus

Submitted to Contest #95

    Hard Strings TW: sexual violence, attempted rape   Kathy was a busker at Charing Cross station, she sang and played guitar at the bottom of the escalator. Under the old clock she played a heart song. She wore a faded sweater, patched up denims worn trainers. She played a £2000 Taylor acoustic. Her fingers ran up and down the frets searching out notes of exquisite tenderness. She sent them spinning over the heads of hurrying commuters until they settled on them burrowed into their souls and compelled them to listen. She sho...

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