Saturday, 29 November 2025

29th November 2025


 


Twenty four arrests

in Nottingham Christmas market

teens with machetes


© Rachel Green November 2025


On a Rare Incidence in Sparring.


A simple move and one she had performed

a thousand times through oh-so-many years

to stop a sweep from guard which then deformed:

hyperextended elbow joint brought fears

and unexpected pain mid-spar and for

a sacred minute did they stop, assess

mobility and pain thresholds before

continuing to roll though under stress. 

That night she drove while favouring her left

enjoyed some soup made by the one adored

but couldn't lift a cup of tea up to her head

and suffered through a night in which pain roared.

 In morning time she gets a lift to A&E

 where X-ray shows her arm now double fractured be.


© Rachel Green November 2025


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