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Chasing Aphrodite
Chasing Aphrodite By Paul McCann Peter had been alone most of his life . Never had a girlfriend and never really knew what love was all about . Most...
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Gentle and Slow
Slow murmur, slow and steady Gentle and slow Whisper across the world Settle into sleep slumber Gentle and slow Whisper through the desert of dreams...
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The Mask (revisited)
I have a mask of frozen flesh My features stiff and cold Petrified by pain and loss Lovers lost, new and old I hide behind this bitter mask That...
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The Good News comes to Europe
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] [Acts chapter 16] They came to the city of Philippi, where they went to the river where some met for prayer...
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Valentine Day's Massacre
I first got married on Valentine’s Day. That massacred the commercial celebration for me forever! I’m not bitter, but perhaps I should explain… It’s...
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Renovations
2002 - In the early stages of 'Exploring Possibilities', I was nervous... RENOVATIONS house loud full of coloured voices frequently gathered while...
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The Kept Ledger (2)
The first page. Dated. A name. A specific grievance. Written in a hand that was not hers but moved the same way. 4/7/83 — Dr. Rowe. Said it was God's...
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The Kept Ledger (1)
The couple was going to fight over the quilt. Gayle saw it the minute they walked in—the woman holding her auction paddle like a hymnal, the man...
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Nando's.
Nando’s! I did not tell Meghan about yesterday, the woman that had shouted at me! She was stressed enough about her car, and the possibility of it...
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The Light 1
All around her was darkness. She was naked. That's all she knew, but that was darkness too. She knew that she had legs and that she could move, but...
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Mistake
MISTAKE The paint’s chipped where you kicked the door shut that night - not in anger then, but the urgency of the moment: the surge that began with...
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I’m alive
I For a promised letter I waited for weeks from my friend, tired of life. Sad, in his well-equipped home with gadgets, computers, a drone. His wife...
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She Knows
Blessed Valentine's sweetheart dear babydoll You crushed my heart but we still have it All
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Girls, Beware!
Valentine's day.
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Valentines
Today is Valentines Day, and the shops are filled with hearts and flowers, all kinds of hearts, no end of flowers. Chocolate hearts, pizza hearts,...
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ALL SYSTEMS GO!!!!!!
All Systems GO! I woke up late this morning, when I opened my eyes, it was 07.24am. I knew I was at work later in the afternoon, and I had a long...
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Picture Imperfect
Sometimes, a call can be heard. A call to return, to try again. Sometimes, it should be allowed to echo. A fateful encounter, long ago, caught in a...
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Bron-14
Continued from Chapter 13: Bron-13 | ABCtales Charing Cross McDonalds was loud with football chants, lads jostling and scuffling as they stuffed...
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Wrong Number
‘Ode to Joy’ sounding out and filling the space of her apartment. Raising her eyes to the heavens she dropped the mixing bowl and rushed to find the...
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