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Showdown at the Brackewind Bay Shopping Centre
Once upon a time, there was a small house in a smaller town. Inside the small house lived four tall people and one smaller one. The smaller one’s...
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Whale greedily gulps (haiku)
Whale greedily gulps - dives deep with cavernous lungs for giant squid feast
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Learning to Fly
I am perfectly imperfect for you Oh love we know that much is true Although our lives at this time are painted blue I would shoot down the heavens...
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The Things That You Are
A black cat sliding through the slick grass of my awful garden, all yellow eyes and symbolism. Hope. Champagne in a Mykonos bar. The moon broken on...
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The Wild Horses
A long time ago there lived two herds of wild horses; a white herd and a black herd and the white horses and the black horses were fierce enemies who...
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The Tale of Johnny and Jenny
Once there was a little boy and girl named Johnny and Jenny who, whilst wandering through the woods came across an old rundown cottage with a door...
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He's not a tyrant
I'll be honest. I was very disappointed by the election results. I didn't want Hillary Clinton to win the Democrat nomination and I didn't want...
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grammar schools and the select-22 committee
Protect our endangered rich With the quick fix Penalise the poor Let no election promise Be a palliative or cure For elective rhetoric Take a point...
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Testament:- Orphanage base
Orphanage base: Pluto The siren had sounded. The lights dimmed. Officially it was bedtime, so she should have been in bed. However, Kit, or first...
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A changing Cuba
She was rather attractive, past her best years, filthy and dressed in ill-fitting clothes, but behind it all there was a beauty. His left eye was...
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One summer
One summer my old school mate Tom once said that fisherman looked all the same. I told him that that was rubbish because my granddad didn’t look...
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Leggings - Look Who's out of Work.
Better watch your daughters or your young colleagues.... please!
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Along the bank of the Dee (Chester)
Across the ancient bridge, down the steps….. Away from the traffic’s steady thrum and the weir’s relentless rush On past the water wheel… At last I...
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Black and gold
Blazing out of a rustling tangle of emerald green and brown; black spots upon gold and white like scorch marks against yellow flame and then, the...
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All aboard! the country bus
[The BBC slow real-time country bus ride] Lovely slow ride, we seem to glide … no dash, no tension, no road rage, no rush.
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An Apology
If I, lumbering bearlike onto your decorated stage Discovered a beauty not needing to be saved Yet brittle like a bird within a cage I'm sorry, I did...
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Moment In Time
Florida 1990 Fragile breezes dance across my face as Ocean waves shimmy a light belly dance, gyrating these shores where many have wandered leaving...
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Shitty day in Peru
I was watching story telling videos when I came across one of a lady who had planned to commit suicide but instead found solace in a book. A friend...
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Idea: Genetically engineered CO2 reducing plants to suck up greenhouse gas
Why don't genetic engineers who are, at present making disease resistant crops, instead create giant CO2 consuming superplants that will breath in...
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Maker's Mark
What a fool believes...
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