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On ode to a pew
… though it could be a bit of a squeeze with nudges of elbows and knees … Some so well designed, made with good ergonomics in mind… others too narrow for a sitting backside …
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Scary Event
Dear diary, it was the evening of Wednesday 24th September 2025. I was stood in the bathroom cleaning my teeth, when all of a sudden there was an...
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A Different Tetsubin of Sushi
The hottest days of my life… August’s first fourteen days… 100 words each, as usual.
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How Could They?
I have been driving for many years, and over the years I have had many cars. My brother- in-law Ray, he was always under a car fixing them for...
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Rust and Dust
Scratching the styptic strip from under his double chin and craning his neck, the gaffer stared past the Tink as if trying to catch him out. The...
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The Pianola
It sat in pride of place in gran's front parlour, a place to sneak into while the grown-ups did their grown-up things in other parts of the house. A...
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The Searcher 5
Was she his savior? Had Jesus sent her? Had God sent her? Was she the Holy Spirit? The water quenched his thirst. Then he began to think about why he...
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Paracetamol is the work of Satan
Paracetamol is the work of Satan Robert prepared to address congress and worlds waiting press , he knew the liberal media would twist his words. The...
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Parallel-Army.
When Noah said, “There is going to be a flood,” Everyone but 8 of them laughed, until their last breath. It does not mean the majority was right, it...
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Einstein's Riddle, Mash-Up
This is a dedication to 2014. A fellow encountered a bear in a wasteland. There was nobody else there. Both were frightened and ran away. Fellow to...
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The Searcher 4
Is it, was it the pain that he was feeling that led him to the search for spirituality? Why was he feeling this pain? Was it the pain of rejection,...
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The Life Of Jim ( Part 7) Final.
I wake up, no, that’s not true, I regain consciousness and open my eyes. I hear the sound of gunfire and voices. Nothing unusual where I live, so I...
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Corpse Candle
When I create a flame, say by lighting a candle, the flame draws a colour and depending on the colour I see a kind of corpse. Red, a male adult will...
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The Marriage Chest
She acquired a chest of golden hue with drawers of graded size where things would be stored for a longed for life with the perfect man whose eyes...
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Way Of The Ivy
In the shadows retrieved, wandering ivy leisurely weaves, obsequious to its ancient behaviour... only the weak are moved to protest, those towering...
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Would the real 'Rap God', please stand up?
At the height of rave and acid across the pond in Britain in the 1980s, LA discovered a new movement called ‘gangsta rap’ , as coined by the media at...
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Weather App. Haiku # 35
Grey clouds loom above The sun is trying to shine Autumn around us!
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Dancing Days
It all changed for Hans when Big Toby made the offer. “You wanna come on the turnip run?” “Yeah! But wait... what happened to Little Toby?” “Plague...
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Above Such Things
I lay on the grass to look at the sky.. Photo is my own
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Please laugh in her face
I'm not going to tell you that April phoned. I know what you will say. 'Of course she did, and I bet you answered and I bet you didn't make any...
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