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1:4:5 Negotiations (Part 5)
The clone that summoned them was waiting outside of The Vengeance. She straightened out her armour when she saw Ace approach but relaxed slightly...
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Love Story 21
Da groaned and leaned on me as he lowered himself to the floor and shut his eyes. ‘Don’t die, Da,’ I wailed as he sucked in each breath in and blew...
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The Love of Nature
The moisture of rain is drip-doodling all over my lawn dandelions now refreshed & nurturing bees await to fulfill their role as fertilizers upon...
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Anxiety
It pounds at the walls of your skull, it beats, beats, beats against the cage. Your body holds, strong, keeping it within. Being realistic it’s...
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Love Story 20
I wore my smartest clothes and shined my shoes before we set off to the Police Station at Hall Street. Nobody else hurrying along the canal in the...
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The after Party
the speech Grandma gives after the party!
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Eyeless in Gaza, an Allegory
I've taken Milton's poem as my inspiration for further thoughts on the tragedy unfolding in today's Gaza. (Image courtesy of Lovis Corinth, from Wikimedia Commons.)
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Bullies in retail.
Many of us, of a certain age, grew up watching the animated cartoon version of the Lewis Carroll fantasy, “Alice In Wonderland.” The greatly stylized...
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A pigmy goat, 3 guinea pigs and some husky puppies visit …
Caring Care Home: much thought given to variety of invites and activity. One day …
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Gift Horses
Gift Horses The meaning of the phrase "never look a gift horse in the mouth" came to mind one day when we were standing in line at the Panera Bread...
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Love Story 19
I piled my shirt and trousers on the chair beside the window and crept shivering into bed with my socks on. Tossed and turned. Yawned, throwing my...
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Parcel for you....Part 8
The doorbell rang briskly, the sound of it unique, unmistakable. Vanessa felt her heart drop. Shit, she thought, that’s my mother, as her cheeks...
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Breath
My first Tanka poem, which follows a strict 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern
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This time of year
The light stays dull all day at this time of year, but at 6am it might as well be midnight. Eyes adjusting, finding focus, most of the time, on you...
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13/11/23
After expensive flats in London, three years in our annexe, now at last they have a home of their own. They moved in today – no longer behind a...
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Vintage Stuff
To be invited to one of Jay’s parties was something to boast about. They were lavish and exclusive. It was a sign one had made it to the top. Right...
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The Aging Business
There are four letters Elis Morgan really hates with a vengeance: I, K, E and A. The Swedish store has turned his world upside down. Now in his early...
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Haircut
I wonder if you could do something a bit different, I said to the hairdresser. I’ll try, they said, scissors open to ideas. It’s hard to describe, I...
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Sometimes
Sometimes, when winds of discontent blow loud and hue my heart with longing, I think of you lying outstretched on that living room floor, stoned off...
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