Diary of a Dissenter: A Week From My Window

'Happy loving couples make it look so easy/Happy loving couples always talk so kind/Til the time that I can do my dancing with a partner/Those happy couples ain't no friends of mine' — Joe Jackson

Happy Loving Couples Ain’t No Friends of . . .(Theirs)

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FRIDAY

We were in the midst of finalising last week’s diary when Rita…