Brawn

Simon Goss
4 min readJul 26, 2021
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She couldn’t afford much now her husband had gone. Besides, it wasn’t worth buying a joint any more, unless she felt like eating the same meat every day for a week. She liked the odd chop, but they were expensive for what they were. Truth be told, her frugal meals were mostly from tins. Spam, Chopped Ham and Pork, Pink Salmon (Red being too extravagant), occasionally Sardines or Corned Beef if she’d been good. She didn’t need much anyway, had always led a Spartan existence…

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