Cuts
We’re in this together. The climate of mounting austerity is forcing all of us to make decisions about what needs to remain and what we can do without. No stone must be left unturned n our efforts to brng about what wll be a dffcult and possbly panful transton to the new order. Nobody wnts to crete clmte of fer, but we should ccept tht some of the long-estblshed fetures of our socety wll vnsh forever. Ths wll provok ngr n som, sorrow n othrs, but hopfully w cn nsur tht lf contnus. Dfct rductn must b th frst prrty fr ll f us. Mk n mstk. Th cts r cmng nd thy wll hrt.
Gregory studied at the City Lit under Zoë Fairbairns and John Petherbridge. He has published poetry in The May Anthology and The Independent, and has written for Liars’ League in New York and London. He placed first in the 2012 Bridport Prize for Flash Fiction.