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Inter Alia
Oddball, queer fish, guiri, other. I have been all of them. Inter alia is among(st) others in Latin. Image source is pixabay.com and is free for commercial use with no attribution.
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Recovering the Economy
We're not yobs, We've got jobs, And we sit around all day, Eating cob, cob, cobs. We've got big knobs, And even bigger gobs, And we sit around all...
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2030: A Space Odyssey (Brave New World): flash fiction 250 words max
Trajectory 33.9 million miles, 7 months of space travel; 2030 – on the cusp of history. Captain Luigi Armstrong woke from his slumber. Showered and...
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confessions of a social phobic during lockdown
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The Young Bounder #2
I say, I say, I say. Are you those that make hay? Are you those that make curds and whey? Are you those that make hens lay? Are you those that toil...
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Wear Your Poppy With Pride.
Every year, since I was a child, I have always worn a poppy. Over the years I have seen a decline of people wearing them. I have taught my Children...
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Last Night, on Hallow's Eve
I expected to see ghosts.
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Pathos
PATHOS P ennies for your eyes and lullabies for your ears A kiss for your lips and a prayer for your fears. T ime has no meaning while you’re...
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THE ROAD OUT OF PURSYSBURN
THE ROAD OUT OF PURSYSBURN by Paul McCann Searching for inner space a million miles away from Purdysburn’s front door. I begged my feet to keep on...
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What's Best For You
. What’s Best For You . By Paul McCann . There’s always someone trying to do , something important and what’s best for you. An ambo man or a...
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The Secret of Contentment
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Greed attacking gratitude, discontent … Want to ‘get’ more than to give – what’s the greatest thing to own? …
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The Top of the Mountain
Black was once very difficult as a future on this land and I felt shame knowing my whiteness shone brighter in the scheme of life: President Obama...
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On Halloweeen Night
Cauldrons of trouble Toil and bubble Moon casting spells In wishing wells Silhouette of gnat Tail of black cat Wings of a bat In a magician’s hat...
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samhain
samhain deep, deeper down the soul spirals quiet, still sure folding to the earth this year is dark and done paused, renewal waits bright gilding the...
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The Magic of Honours
My name is Derek Dark. I used to be the king of sarc. But now they've made me Sir Derek Dark, I'm nothing better than a policeman's nark. I used to...
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Goodbye, room
There’s damp on the ceiling of this room. It makes me feel uneasy to look it at. Sepia-coloured patches bloom outwards, or crisscross the white plaster like the roots of Japanese Knot Weed.
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Shadows Of The Past
Shadows creep where deep and lonely nights are housed, only wind breathes through cracks searching inky darkness, every creak expands imagination...
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I'm Frankenstein's Monster
When it comes to Doctor Frankenstein and I, people certainly don't admire us. When Frankenstein built me, he used my brain after I died from the...
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Sky gods
There is rain again for the 5th time today, the sky gods rumble Dionysus has wilfully drank too much wine. In the dark the rippling drops of rain...
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