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My ex calls the ochre winter 'autumn' as we queue to hear dock boys play jazz fugues in velvet dark.— Broken Verses
My ex calls the ochre winter 'autumn' as we queue to hear dock boys play jazz fugues in velvet dark.— Broken Verses
Approximate author period: c. 1998 AD · modern
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- Kamila Shamsie
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- Approximate author period: c. 1998 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Kamila Shamsie: documented activity in 1998. Wikidata Q3087962, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3087962 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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