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Craven on Patrol - Part III - the Finale
“Listen, Craven,” said Sergeant Dowd. “This blue ’46 Plymouth with the bullet holes is being driven by a gorilla named Morty. He’s the one put all...
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Minefield, There's danger near Falklands Six
Minefield, There's danger near Falklands Six Stop! Stop! There’s danger near. Maybe right here. A careful bending of the knee. Maybe a hundred bodies...
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White Flags Over Stanley. Falklands five.
White Flags Over Stanley We sat and cleaned, We sat and polished, We sat and oiled, We sat and checked The action. We sat and checked Our mags. We...
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Face Down. Falklands Four.
Face Down I saw him face down in the dirt We turned him over softly Almost covertly. Three small holes All we could see. Sightless eyes Looking at me...
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Belfast Echoes
. Belfast Echoes By Paul McCann Dandering down through the windy city, I spied my fancy one. I nodded with unspoken thoughts, the echoes of someone...
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She Took To The Sea
. She Took To The Sea By Paul McCann . The little boat sat there tied to the side of the jetty and the lady who owned it sat there inside . She...
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Zoned
. Zoned By Paul McCann I made my way through the airport , to find all of the terminals were closed. I was approached by a man with a swab and he...
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Beware of Greeks Telling Tales
Adapted from an earlier piece of mine entitled 'The Truth about Penelope'.
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Glory, and how to get there
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Soon there’ll be days of glory Where there will be no pain; there poverty, injustice will not be known again...
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Loves A Cockatoo
. Loves A Cockatoo By Paul Mc Cann I buried Joey , my little cockatoo beside the garden shed . It was a sad day, when my little cocky died . Broken...
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A Garden Of Many Colours
. A Garden Of Many Colours By Paul Mc Cann There’s lupins in the garden as blue as the sky . A carpet of red poppies, scattered in your eye . Yellow...
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The Little Moments
. The Little Moments By Paul McCann When you were three we went out in the snow and made a snowman there by the window . In the summer we went on...
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SEV 4
I was still at school and watching Space 1999 on the telly, when SEV wafted into the living room stinking of booze and fag smoke. He slapped the back...
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A muddy f+++++g hill. Falklands Three.
A muddy fucking hill. Falklands Three. The hill. Just up the hill. Need it. Right flank Cover for centre. Ghurka’s on our Left flank, That’s good...
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Check the Bolt. Falklands 1982. Two.
Check the bolt , Falklands Two. Check the bolt For action Hands slip and slide Mud and sweat Sweat and mud “Alright mate” “Aye” “Alright mate” “Aye...
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Ah' Chris Mate. Falklands One.
Ah' Chris mate. 8th June 1982. Falklands One Ah’ Chris mate, What a fate, We’d laughed and cavorted Before the fun. I’d had sex In Pompey And lots of...
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The control room
Hearts moan Vows and water break Bones shatter If I let you into the control room of my mind, could you see my heart? If I let you past these walls...
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Snow Day
Snow Day ‘Hello Daddy. Guess what Daddy? I’ve got red boots.’ ‘Red boots little one?’ ‘Yes Daddy. Red ones. Mummy bought them for me. I love them.’ ‘...
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