| is openupis going back to work is buses trains planes is shops is new clothes is hair-cut is swimming-baths is friends round for dinner passing round a bottle is an arm round the shoulder a shoulder to cry on is being yourself again is no longer a prisoner in your home is to shed pessimism, fear, anxiety is a new hip is to move on from sadness is cheese scone at Southsiders is festivals music noise is to wake as from hibernation |
| Mark is a freelance theatre-maker and writer, living in South Queensferry |