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Sam
Sam. smoky dingy café, workmen shout and curse. She floats among the tables tending like a nurse, pauses when she sees me, breaks into a smile then...
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Dance with Me
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Three to Twenty-Two
The seasons have flipped sudden as a switch. When I clocked in, it was three degrees By clock-out, twenty-two. Thumbs through backpack straps...
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UNDISCOVERED BLISS
we boiled beneath the blazing sun and shivered in the night alone, afraid a dark parade with no strength left to fight . when down to our last shred...
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OBVIATED
In my dream I was obviated Said the grandma My story telling was replaced by iPads My colourful buttons and patches Replaced by Primark My wisdom was...
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BREAKING AWAY
BREAKING AWAY I say I saw our future together. It was charred. His speech was electronically charged. Did he hear my plea? My memory is cascading...
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The Gull
This morning as I walked to work sipping at the idea of solipsism and the perfect spring morning I couldn’t be sure of a Hove gull breached what I...
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Grimms48
Rab cashes his Giro the next day and agrees to meet Jaz and the Tash back in the pub. Jaz sits waiting, nursing a warm pint, the Tash beside him...
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Pt. 4
Change of Mind “Hey dad…can I still go to that school” I asked “What the fuck is wrong with teenagers they always change their mind!” my dad said “...
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Spring has sprung (at last)
Daylight lengthening, sunlight strengthening, weakening winter’s grip, but temperatures dip … shout spring has sprung!
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Two Ships
She bought 40 cigarettes Two lottery lucky dips I imagined her on the oceans edge Looking for one or two ships To come on home She lives alone with...
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Put Out More Flags
Posted on another site on the 6th of February 2015, over 2 years ago. Not so ephemeral, after all.
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The Kiss and the Money
Whatever happened to the Labour Party of the working class?
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HEAVEN HAS NO MERCY AT ALL
HEAVEN HAS NO MERCY AT ALL Heaven! Heaven has no mercy! No mercy at all! The sky is a pale hue of tangerine, my spirit is fractured, my grandmother...
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The Couple on the Bridge
Railing and road and wet tarmac Frame this blustery morning. And at the pinnacle, the peak, The bridges arch, Two shadows Huddled in anonymous...
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String
Alongside The envelope was cut clear from the blue of the carpet. K stooped to pick it up. He was turning to deposit it beside the phone when...
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My Mother And I Agree On Something
I lost my Mum last month. She was a funny and wise woman, and I wrote this last year after a conversation during which, for once, we really did agree on something.
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Looking For A New Sun
Looking For A New Sun - by Paul McCann. Your face is like a distant horizon , you don't see me when I look in your eyes , I try not to show how I'm...
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