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Lefty Bought An Island

He was the terror of the seven seas, give or take a few. But he never gave a thought to what he would do when he was through… Lefty bought an island...
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The Storyteller And The Gypsy King

. The Storyteller And The Gypsy King by Paul McCann Sean McKay was a gifted story teller and it was said people who heard him fell into a trance with...

Nature's Way

Am I just a body in a bed? These eyes they mirror the sky’s mood and shed, Tears that fall as I peer out, The window and scream, and beg, and shout,...
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Izzy's First Spring

Izzy was having one of those days. The sort that two year olds often have, according to her grandma. Unfortunately, it seemed like mummy was having...
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I'm Dust on the wind

I'm dust on the wind looking for you yeah my love comes back to you thinking of all the things we did all the places we went all the joys of those...
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Illumination leaking in …

Confined to bed, an open window, a far-away hoot …
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I've Got My Park Bench

I've Got My Park Bench I tend to choose the benches on this side of the park. The side with the library on. At least, that’s where I go when the...
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Elegy For A Follicle

Not just a hair. But the last picket of the former hairline. Left behind when the third eye was blind. I kept it trimmed. On weekly sweep. A bother,...
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My Hustle

One feature of the ‘new normal’ of our economy are empty buildings full of piles of office chairs, gathering dust. More people are working online...
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The Bad Parts

Lonely, hollow, empty, meek, Define the people you seek, Creep on in during quiet hours, Put them under with your power. Days, weeks, pass without...
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Open Windows Of My Soul

Windows to my soul are like an open book, where tears of emotions disperse from eyes like rain from sky; drops run down pane; and my cheeks unveil...

The Water Mark (part 5 of 5)

The W§ater Mark Part 5 of 5 He drifted slowly down to the water's edge, it was as if he were walking through the very wreckage, of what earlier had...

The Water Mark (Part 4 Of 5)

Thomas didn't see Carl until the following Wednesday. They met at the school, and during a break they took a coffee sitting on the patio by a small...
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"Willow's Tail" 28

“Hello Martha.” Dillon’s smile widened as he approached her and Martha’s heart slammed in her chest. He was their nemesis? “I can’t believe it’s you...
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A Specter of Evil

A specter of evil visits. A Specter of evil settled upon Buffalo on Friday. In person, it was a deranged teenager who dressed up like a combatant and...
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See it, Say it, Sort it

Dirt riddled cages bustle the almost blind through dirt encrusted tunnels to stations where the dirt still can’t be seen. Changing lines walking...
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Half, or Less, of an Invitation

My first thought: I shouldn’t be here. My second thought: I don’t belong. My third thought: but what else can I do? And still, when I see her, my...
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Joseph in Egypt – slave, falsely accused, imprisonment, ruler

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] She tried to entice him to lie in her bed. Though far from his people, enslaved, yet he said, firm ‘No!’ to …

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