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The Killing Fields

Pol Pot wus . . . Christmas music coming out of de shops. I tink I love dem all. Even de shite ones. Cliff Richard. Dose are shite ones. Jona Lewie...
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U
Wrote a very serious poem about racism. Tore it up. Wrote another serious poem about racism. Tore it up. Wrote another and another. Tore them all up and made a bonfire of my piety in my wastebasket. ( Note to self: Never forget that there's a smoke alarm in my man cave). Once I'd cleared the smoke and explained to the rest of the household there was no real fire, I wrote some doggerel and threw in a few spanners for good measure. There, I thought, I feel so much better.
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Oh, Christmas Tree!

Is it 'goodwill to all men' on the Christmas Tree, I wonder? Or do the petty jealousies and general grouchiness of the festive season, spread there as well?
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A Chimney Sweep's Story
Yes, I've been lost in the flue for ten days, or so. Or as we call it these days, influenza. But there's been just as much Sooty and Sweep as ever,...
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The Storyteller and The First Christmas

The Storyteller and The First Christmas by Paul McCann He was not and will never be the kind of man you meet every day, His life has been spent...
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Ode<2> my-crew (4) '22' <freestyle>

It’s a Rant……………… Could be a Rhyme……. Definitely <NOT> trying to be a Poem with the Poet Masters here….. That would be a poetic crime… Written...
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Larry and Mick go to Neverland
“Second star to the right and straight on til morning,” said Officer Darling.
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Blissful Silence

The silent nomad, gently moved through life content to not speak even once. He did not utter a sound, and had grown to forget how his very own voice...
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Rotting love

Sometimes the most mundane things can inspire poetry. In this case, it was a quince gone bad. The rot had a heart shape and I could not resist.
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Holiday Sorbet 4
Episode 4 of 4. "The Resolution Brief".
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Holiday Sorbet 3
Episode 3 of 4. A hedgehog attempts a toe-loop.
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Runaway Mother Epilogue

10 years later..
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A Christmas Past- A Dickensian celebration
Kevin Leary was a bum. He wasn’t a homeless person, nor an individual set adrift by physical or mental difficulties, he was just a plain and ordinary...
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The Slob Who Won't Get A Job

Some call him lazy and his wife calls him a jerk. His wife is very angry because he will not work. He won't get a job even though he's an able-bodied...
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The Amazing Molecule!

Surprising simple structure bafflingly suitable properties unusual medium essential for living cells for transportations and chemical reactions … and lighter when frozen … don’t stand on that ice until you know it’s thick enough, tough enough! But how is there so much on earth? …
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Runaway Mother chapter 28

Could this be the end?
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A Christmas Carol : Conclusion
Back home Uncle Tony was there again, helping the boys unwrap all their presents. He was incorrigible; he was almost like a boy himself. At Eliot's...
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A Christmas Carol
It had been bitterly cold these last few days, but Eliot was warm inside the church. He was doing his practise for his spot at the morning mass...
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Holiday Sorbet 2
Episode 2 of 4. A chicken nugget goes astray.
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Holiday Sorbet 1
Episode 1 of 4. A bit tart and chilly. But, I hope it's satisfying!
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