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Splendid Blue
Fairy Wrens are my favourite little birds, found in the South West of Western Australia. They really are that colour! (Art: FMF©2025) Splendid Blue...
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The Rules of The New World Order AKA The 11 Commandments
Rule # 0: We alone write the Rules (and We use them as tools when We murder the ‘mules’) Rule # 1: Our Intentions are torqued (double Standards well...
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Petrichor (2)
(Cont.) She woke to silence. The rain had stopped. Not paused, not lightened—stopped. The white noise she'd lived with her entire life was gone...
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Petrichor (1)
[Dedicated to Shirley, who lost her husband last year.] The tomato seedlings were dying and Nadine couldn't figure out why. She stood at the kitchen...
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My sister
My sister has three kids. I don’t know how she does it, although when we were young she always looked out for me so I suppose I shouldn’t be too...
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Our shared American Dream
Come, come, ride with me on a ferry boat past Ellis Island, walk with me up the winding staircase inside the Statue of Liberty, and let us look out...
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"Crimson Morning"
Sunrise appears vivid pink red-gold ribbons amid blue light Awaking diurnal creatures Lifting blossom heads towards sunlight while bird songs fill...
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Head shaved
I got my head shaved, the barbers eyes full of glee when I said it. Locks of hair falling like autumn leaves, covering the floor, a carpet. When I...
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Tanked Up
I am not drunk, but do have a tank. (Okay, I lied, I'm drunk as well.) While the police look up the penal code which prohibit panzers in built up...
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My Dinosaur Era Chapter 31 *Rewrite*
Random rewrite post
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Free Offer: “Come, all you who are thirsty …*
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Deepest turmoils of the soul stilled for those who drink, abide with their Maker – hear His call – ‘thirst’...
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Cinquain: Yellow
Cinquain: Yellow I stand as life buffets me, challenging my right to live with contentment and achieve my dreams at last Frances Macaulay Forde ~...
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The Less Miserables Spot a Liar (3)
(Cont.) At the edge of the parking lot, they could see Dusty and Wesley confronting a small group of burnouts by a rusted-out Camaro. No shouting. No...
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The Less Miserables Spot a Liar (2)
(Cont.) The silence after she left was worse than the confrontation. Garrett stood there, the heat pressing down on him, his face burning with...
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The Less Miserables Spot a Liar (1)
Garrett counted the money three times before he was satisfied. Forty-seven dollars. Crumpled bills smoothed flat on his desk, sorted by denomination...
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Tom All Alone (9) (ii)
The car swung abruptly towards the doors, forcing Tom to lean against the man, and then the doors clattered shut behind them and they were into the...
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Tom All Alone (9) (i)
I've published this piece before, in another novel. But I've lifted it out and rewritten it. It rightly belongs in 'Tom All Alone'. Apologies to...
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Random Access Memory
It's about ... well, whatever. Image is free for non-commercial use.
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