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Bells o'clock.
Bells o'clock. They ran wild in woods Full of bears And carried bells And pepper spray To keep the bears at bay They knew no fear The road was clear...
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1:4:8 Doubles (Part 4)
Same place, a different time. Char exhaled the weight of a potential future and some of the dusts that came with her from it. “Bloody hel. How did...
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Traveler's Winds
Traveler’s Winds- Air Listen, to the invisible winds: calling out, in her native ritual; as she passes by, through, in a moment of conversation,...
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The Anchor Held
The Anchor Hold Now that the cargo: < issue of life> Has now loaded on the dock, voyage destination, vessel 227 filled; and Set for sail. By...
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Keep Calm and Carry On
Keep Calm and Carry On How are you walking? Are you walking the talk? Now is the time for the manifestation of glory to be revealed. Or has the hater...
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A Forest
The forest was our playground, trees shutting out the sun for the most part , a hidden wild garden for feral children , a secret Eden far from home...
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Our Soil

Peep of green/ grand daughter/doodle
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In Memoria Canis

A year to the day since our Springer Spaniel died; The human condition is such that I still miss him. I'd written some thoughts then, which I've revised here.
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Watching You Chapter Three
CHAPTER THREE Kelly finished at six after a quiet night. Most of the junkies seemed to have gone to seed, the clubbers crawled into their dens for an...
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Jam-tripping On A Free Path
Jam-tripping On A Free Path By Paul McCann I was telling everybody hey this is how it goes , walking on a free path with a jingle jangle in my toes...
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speed-dating for the vanished
speed-dating for the vanished light streams from warm bars, smiles recoil from chandeliers i watch, hooded and rained on too close to the glass,...
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Tribute To Queen
Tribute To Queen By Paul McCann Sometimes in life it’s good to look back at the music of what had been . Thats why I'm here in Thirroul tonight to...
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The Shrewd Age
At the start we're all a bit crude. Then we get cocky and occasionally rude. As the years pass, we try out the lewd. Social gatherings, oh what a...
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4.2 Spotted in Budapest
There came a faint knock on the door. “Come in!” Tyler glanced at his watch, six-thirty in the evening. He got everything spread on the bed going...
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Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024

Leaving the road for the slick, clay-swallowed gravel of the footpath, newly scalped of its sodden, rot smelling dark brown felt of last year's...
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Good Vibrations
Good Vibrations We currently live in a golf community in SW Florida. As such, most of our neighbors are somewhat proficient in knocking a small white...
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Home
I watch the cigarette burn itself out in a crowded ashtray Another dead end strangled by the smoke And Laid to rest The living room is dying on its...
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Up on the Mortimer Trail

After so much rain our lanes are full of potholes hidden under puddles. We had to drive carefully cross-county to a point where we wanted to climb up...
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The Call of the Wild
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A Devil of a Man (4) - The Italian Connection

A letter from the Pope - Image in the public domain
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