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Guess who's coming to dinner?"
The silken strands of the web glistened in the morning sunlight. The dew filled in sections of the web with a silver pane of moisture as artfully...
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Parables of Clippety (3) - Going Backwards
They both looked at each other and laughed silently. An announcement came over the tannoy to inform the passengers about the buffet car and the...
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Mercury with an Elvis Lip
Just a regular boy from Tupelo/swinging his pelvis, liberating the id.
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thought
Somehow the party before it all ends or begins again in confusion about freedom and the lie brought forward in the light of the sun and the silence...
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Two Stores.
I Bought a cat bed, climbing frame, scratching post with three hanging golf ball sized balls, combined unit from a well-known shop on Friday. I paid...
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Parables of Clippety (2) - The Cleanest Carriage
The train glided along, the carriage they were travelling in was at least two thirds empty, the interior, grey, flimsy and characterless, it felt...
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Departures
An old poem, edited and re-posted
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Maria and The Bellasis Family 24
When I was in Taunton for my nephew’s funeral, I was surprised to see that my step-mother Deborah had also come. She said how much she missed having...
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Wonderful Ludlow View

Look over the river Teme with its weirs, circling below; at the castle rooted firmly above the water, on the other side with the nowadays town...
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THE FIRST ANGEL 10
Jonny and Lila come to an understanding
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Angel. Part Two.
The awful story of Angel has been on my mind for many months, I just couldn’t shake the horrors of what happened to her, how in one moment her life...
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Parables of Clippety (1) - The Pretty Feret
'It’s not about the dots Clare,’ Clare tutted and said, ‘Well I feel like I’m letting him down.’ She was seated very close to the table, leaning...
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Angel. Part One.
When I think of an Angel, I think of someone not of this world, someone who is eternal, strong, knows my thoughts, not tied down to time and much...
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Inch (from my collection of #songs for sinners)
Inch was born a tiny child He grew up to be wild He never got tall Four feet 10 inches in his shoes Had nothing to lose He often took a fall But boy...
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At the Airport in the rain
My friend Teddy the taxi driver Was a born survivor He conquered the drugs, he smoked Camel light He loved his shifts throughout the night The longer...
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An Old Family Tree Now Departed

An Old Family Tree Now Departed I was a fifty-five vintage who arrived ten years late. The kids at secondary school Parents Evenings would mock and...
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Saint Valentine

Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/saint-valentine-mp3 Saint Valentine On a day of hearts and roses, San Valentino loved all,...
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Getting Fat

Marion’s husband wants her to lose weight. And he’s vocal about it. He comes down the stairs and sees her leaning on the counter with me eating ice-...
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