Certificate PG

Parental guidance suggested for children

Evil

Every time I read the news I’m told of something bad - A murder here, a stabbing there and such things make me sad. Oh, here’s a suicidal man of...

Escape the Thunder

I sensed a deep root of love beneath her veneer of toughness honed from days of mental abuse— dad did often so after a night drinkin’ about town. Mom...
Gold cherry
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A Slip of the Mother Tongue

Dialect of my mother - burbled from rain-sodden currents in Derry’s Foyle, meltwater brogue of bogs, fairies and goblins, smoky with bacon, whiskey...
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John Wayne Brown - Part IV

Even though you did me wrong, I've written a few poems about you. You came in my house and stole some pills, that was a bad thing to do. You also...
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Food Banks

I’ve started buying two of things one for me, one for you. Every time I put something in the trolley I see a mouth saying thank-you. I love the way...
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Cherry

The meat counter

The butcher and his vicar wife have stopped eating meat and these days they’re agnostic at best. Their lives revolve around Sundays, meat and God...
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Donkey Kong Country

After selling my Go-Kart, I bought Donkey Kong Country for the SNES twenty-five years ago tonight in 1994. I bought it at KB Toys and I remember...

Seasonal Attraction

Dawn is a highlight of silhouettes in layers of invitation-- sky afire with promise. Deck-stacked lobster pots as slatted barriers bait-primed...
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The Scream

It’s a wonder that none of them can hear me screaming: Help me, help me, let me out, let me out-out-out-out! Perhaps it’s because the scream is only...
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To Vegans and Their Love of Beans

Beans help vegans to do their part, The more they eat, the more they fart. The more they fart, the better they feel, So they eat beans with every...