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an unknown middle-aged woman
passing my cafe window unhurried, in modest dress, she is beautiful, yes, still beautiful, and unaware that behind the misty glass she is quietly...
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Work Lunchbreak Flash, Alfresco at The Colonial Cafe
A lunchbreak with my work friend wrote this teeny flash.
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Hungry For Cornwall
Sweet memories of 1960s, taste of strawberries topped with nuts and Cornish ice-cream, tracing teenage years those passages of time, mouth watering...
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Disenchantment 4
I made my way back to where I had been earlier, feeling the stone I had set down, while exploring forward slowly and softly with my feet. I lifted my...
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Disenchantment 3
I had walked directly into the drainage wash, fallen over the lip, and rolled down to the bottom into a muddy, stagnant puddle of water, still...
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Disenchantment 2
“Stop it!” she yelled, “I want to listen to Christmas songs!” Perry was visibly upset by the fact that I had tried to find a different radio station...
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Living On The Street
. Living On The Street By Paul McCann Staring down into the coffee inside a paper cup , somebody heard what I was thinking , so I just shut up . I...
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Walking Into The Sea
Take off your shoes on the beach by the water. It’s fun at first. The ghosts of the waves that tickle your ankles. They welcome you. “We’re friends”...
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I wanna go back
I wanna go back I wanna go back to 93, Saturday evening - May 15 th in Mick Byrne’s bar in Castlebar just Carolyn and me and a black and white twelve...
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From outside the frame
Solipsistic fun
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Summer evening
Thoughts on entertainment and a fear of natural things
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to a former lover
I reached for the shelf where stood like workshy vagrants bottles of fragrance yours was woody sandalwood I unstopped the jar you filled the room...
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Dead Sand: Part 1-The Cage
Hello, everyone! So, the previous part I posted for the The Mauler was the last, due to copyright safety and all that. So, I'm going to go ahead and...
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Pins (12)
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Pins (11)
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The Storm Of A Thousand Years
Cultural differences notwithstanding We’re good at standing in the rain Eating chicken on a stick together and Laughing when a joke transmogrifies...
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The Criminal!
“Name.” “……………………………………….” “Date of Birth.” “……………………………..” “National Insurance Number.” “……………..” “Address.” “……………………………………..” “Mobile Number...
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Happy birthday
Please do not read if suicidal or depressed. Go and talk to someone.
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creative writing for losers
Our creative writing class was full of the usual kind of beatific-faced losers. Most of them elderly. There was one girl with brown hair and bad skin...
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