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The Patrolman - 27

The killer drove Downtown to watch the riots.
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The Patrolman - 26

Carruthers was sweet, but he still packed her off to jail.

Windy night

The night is cold and windy I lay in bed thinking of you all lone at night I get scare inside like a frighten child who thinks there monsters at the...

The Lad. Part One.

A lovely lad that I work with, went away abroad to get married. His wife lived in a different country. He was away with his new wife, for one month...
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Time, Please (A monologue)

Time, Please. Annie – a barmaid at The George; a quaint, ancient, country pub. It’s 5pm, opening time. She wipes the counter, sorts glasses, lights...
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The Vale - Part One (b)

It’s always the same at this time, late afternoon, early evening. The dropping sun, the hunched commuters scurrying home to the safety of their...
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Carry On

Carry On By Paul McCann When its hard to write or hard to play when there always something in the way . Songs can be a million miles away , when...
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Designed to catch water

The desert beetle has hydrophilic bumps upon its back. Standing on the sand ridge facing the wind if lifts its back up and droplets of water condense...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 26

I am filled with hatred. But not for Carrie. Not in the way you’d expect. She’s a pathetic waste of space. The house smells like supermarket fabric...

The Town Of Sweet Bye And Bye

The Town Of Sweet Bye And Bye By Paul McCann The moon shone blue over the misty lake as golden stardust fell down from the sky upon the sleepy hills...
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Sitting by the River

There's an old Chinese proverb: 'Sit by the river for long enough and you'll eventually see the bodies of your enemies come floating by.' It's got nothing to do with this posting, I just like the proverb.

Work! Work! Work!

Had a long busy day yesterday. Knew I had to be at the clothes alteration shop for 9am to try on the dress that was first done last year before I...
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Poem of the week

Nineteen Eighty Four

I read it in the past when the year was to come, and many more times since, in my psyche it has hung, The world has changed, and changed once more,...
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Thought Train Haiku

Scam callers empty chatter Derail my thought train bound for poetic glory.

Just like it was yesterday

Just like it was yesterday when we were so full of hopes and dreams and the days seem endless and our love was new each day we found something new in...

Amazing Feat Haiku

Wouldn't it be amazing, Capturing the wind, and holding it in a jar?
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Ego Trip

What it says ... Image author's own, made at canva.com from PD elements

Prentis Hancock

A talented man has died and he's gone for eternity. Prentis Hancock has died at the age of eighty-three. This great man came into this world in 1942...
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Mother Of Infection

Mother Of Infection By Paul McCann Mother of infection close over the door to those dangerous germs around us . Mother of infection you are always...

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