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Recovering From Drug Abuse
Recovering From Drug Abuse By Paul McCann There are those who chose to use drugs but never realised the consequences of that and what it would do to...
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I Give You Two And A Half Points Out Of Ten!
Today was my six monthly check up day at the dentist. I don’t like the dentist, but I make sure I go every single time for my check-ups, I have never...
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Lager, Beer, White Wine, Rum, Brandy, Gin, Cider, Whiskey, Vodka, Liqueurs, Red Wine, Cocktails and VERY Cheap Knock-Off Champagne!
Drinks, in whatever strengths and amounts can be very expensive! I went out for a meal recently with work, and some on the table bought cocktails...
Rust and Dust 4
The Tink stamped his feet against the cold. Lit a Woodbine. A packet of five from his jacket pocket. Smoked the edge off the day and blew it between...
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One last riddle for the week (I promise)
I first saw L’appartement at the cinema in 1996. For the film to work, the protagonist needs to radiate charisma, and I suppose, given its success,...
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A Silent Song
A Silent Song By Paul McCann I heard a song I couldn’t sing . I think crime’s a terrible thing . I felt a hurt deep in my heart . The day my life all...
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Untitled Chapter 2
the ten years in between left me in tatters, my mind enfeebled daily by the shit I consumed, great beers to bad porn, they ate away at my carcass and...
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Mother Of Authority
Mother Of Authority By Paul McCann Mother of authority remove from my mind any distraction that would prevent my thinking from being true . Mother of...
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After The Final Judgement
After The Final Judgement by Paul McCann The authorised proceedings are an account of those who stood for judgement on the last day after all the...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 33
The banquet table in Perfidia’s massive, living room was laden with an array of tantalizing comfort foods. The mingling aromas drew the men from the...
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ELSPETH.
It has been a long day. For may years I had worked at the local school, I had got to know the children, parents, teachers, and members of the public...
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The Riddle of Billie Joe
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Author: neiljs this image, originally posted to Flickr, under the stated license
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The Content Creator's Devil
The devil's in the content so they say.
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The Agent - Part 1
1. It's Always the Old Woman Selling houses was no different than any other profession; it took hard work, determination, and the occasional attic-...
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After The Storm - (haikus)
Day after the storm- Hollyhocks hang onto life Buddleia bow heads. The red rose looks up in wonder at the flutter- Autumn butterfly.
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Autumnal Haiku
Small, sparse, skeletal- The tree seen from my window- sums up the season!
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Perspective
Fusion fireball rises, though it is we …
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The snow women of Ispwich
Lived during the last ice age In an area they had no idea would one day have a football club called Ipswich town They didn’t know about the blues...
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The outline
Some dreams never arrive, and yet they leave a trace - the clean-edged hollow of what might have been. We speak of emptiness as if it’s nothing, but...
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Not All Pianos Have 88 Keys
10th March 2025 Dear Jon, It has been an age since we spoke way back in the wilderness of Covid. I write from a proper desk this time, not some...
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