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Bird Hex Accusation

He was replacing the diverter valve on a boiler, or trying to, as a small dog kept scampering into the tiny bathroom, yap-yapping. A young woman with a crying newborn baby sat in the living room of the flat, shouting for the dog to come back.
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Homeward Bound (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 45)

In which the detectives are at odds, Archibald is protecting his honour (as is Josiah) and Samantha gets some good news, at last!
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Alas! Alas!

Alas! alas! why build your billets for bullets and missiles mixed with medics and mosques mingling …
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A Fascination of Images
The sun warms leaves grappling with whispers of movement filtered through thin willows & I lay on the grass contemplating whether I should mulch...
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I went back to Birmingham

A brutalist and brutal poem. It's my hometown so I can.
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The Man in the Crypt

My brother became obsessed with a statue
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A Girl of Eastern Beauty

I watched the girl in silence, not a single word she spoke.
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Can't Think Of A Title, So Will Leave it Blank.

A woman was shot dead in England this week, age 42. A heavily pregnant woman was stabbed, 5 times in Wales yesterday, she is 29 years old. She does...
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Jack Brown
My great grandfather Frank Brown was miraculously of a handful survivors in the battle of Delville Wood, where the South African infantry was wiped...
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Me.

I am passionate! I am strong! I am a trailblazer! Many look up to me. I am rich. I am sporty. I am winner. I am successful. I am famous! I have a...
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In Your House
In your house, it’s always night time You never let the sunshine in Running on an endless loop Stale thoughts on ever deepening tracks Landscapes are...
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And The Fingers Point

No show without him... Unfortunately.
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Valentine's Day.

I love my life. I love my job. I am well known, and because of that I can be a good influence. I can, empower and encourage young women. I help them...
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Hope Of The Skylark

You won't feel moments veiled by drifts of swirling snow, where silence chills this terrain with its shiver; skylark's song of approval is voicing...
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No Finer Moment
Mama – your wisdom was such a fine and delicate instrument in my younger days and I crave your touch of love this very moment.
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People are interesting
The eminent Psychologist, Sigmund Freud, defined “isolationism” as a mind’s “defense mechanism” against perceived threats. In plain English, that...
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Gratitude
When my son was born under a cornucopia of strip lights and blades I wanted to bear hug the ECG monitor to glide into the mains to race through the...
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This Sort of Thing - November 2023 – Second Half

Fyodor Dostoevsky once said. ‘The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.’ With this in mind I have taken to revealing on the worldwide web the contents of my journal once (maybe twice) a month, allowing fellow worldwide webbers to judge the level of foolery and share their opinion.
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Her Smile
Her Smile sold me a car using smart dialogue & the right kind of figures I was looking to explore & she delivered. If I had a huge garage I’d...
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