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Coconut Porridge
“It means,” said the Oracle, “that you like or desire to eat some coconut porridge.” “But I have never eaten coconut porridge,” said Neo. “Nor did I...
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Kittens
When it became obvious – when Zelda’s belly grew big and distended and faintly ridiculous – Karla and I tried to guess which of the neighbourhood...
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Afternoon Delight
Tuesdays after school: because that was when Bethany had just gotten paid. We’d run out the school gate and down the road, bags flying, with Bethany’...
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The Booth: Part 1
I sit at the booth in the small café waiting to meet my biological father for the first time since I was eight years old. He must have decided I...
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Hey Grandpa
Grandpa By Paul McCann Hey Grandpa I don’t know your name and as I look at you I feel so ashamed , sitting all alone and helpless there with the...
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Peterman
PETERMAN He rides up high In the cold windy sky, A message, Don't you dare tell a lie. For the devil will know Wherever you go That you don't believe...
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Money for the Circus 3
another slice of Marcus's life... Image used under CC2.0/Attribution Jimmy Big Potatoes on Flicker https://www.flickr.com/photos/93222379 @N04/9170080758
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Wear and tear (IP)
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I’d driven for miles before I’d realised where. The camber of the road should have dumped me home, as always. It's just this normal stuff, like...
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These Ain't No Daisy Chains
I'm not sure why this poem came to me. I was at a folk club event and suddenly I was seeing African slaves on the long journey to America...
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