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I’ve written before about Sophie Hannah and her wonderful poems. Sophie has very kindly given me permission to put a poem from her collection Pessimism for Beginners, Carcanet £8.95, here as a special Valentine to you. It’s beautifully short, as it was originally composed as a text message. Don’t go texting this to your beloved, as though it’s your own, now, will you?

Limited

Blank spaces count as characters. It’s true.

I wasn’t sure. And then I thought of you.