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Click-Track For A Life’s Movie
The click track was sufficiently useful as a synchronization tool that it became part of standard recording technology, whether for films, radio or other sound recording and the click track was applied to one of the tracks on a multitrack tape recorder. From wikipedia.org
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The bones are all right
He’s so angry about the future Buffeted by changes he can’t stop Stomach tightens at mass immigration Hamstrings snap outside Romanian shops His...
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Execution
10pm, outside the London Overground at Walthamstow Queens Road an incandescent man shouts into his mobile phone “I’m going to take her fucking head...
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Death and Taxis! (The Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 3)
In which Archibald returns to consciousness and Josiah says something he shouldn't!
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You're Fine; Try Harder
'No gluten, no caffeine, no lactose, no stress, All your own fault is this illness. Try yoga, meditation and peppermint tea, And all sorts of potions...
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For As Long As
For my parents. image is PD.
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Our Town
What it says, I suppose. Anyway, not original, not much, but there are hundreds of towns like this all over the country. Image by ME Audio available
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Lit Windows
Walking through the town in early darkness when nothing is yet asleep, the geometry of shadows takes sway, twilight measures are in place over...
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Best Behaviour
The easter egg hunt at my grandparents house...
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Always On My Mind
My girlfriend was murdered by her family
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Objects travel in a parallel reality
A saga of silly poems about constantly losing objects.
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Frost Flowers
Born when the cold becomes too much But has not yet frozen the core Making the sap expand: cracks form Drawing wetness, freezing with air Breaking...
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Silver Path on the Green, Green Grass
… sunlight catching fine wispy cobweb carpet, glistening, shaking, shimmering in the breeze.
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War
There's an ugly side of war As the mother weeps It has no age restriction Nor colour of ones skin Not even religions are spared It's a battle Where...
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Anything For Her
“Will, wake up.” A familiar voice prodded followed by a hand to jostle him awake. “It’s almost time. There wasn’t much else he needed to motivate him...
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The Edge of Heaven
The Edge of Heaven Someone once told me that love can transcend time and maybe even defeat death itself. I don’t know about that but as the future...
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British Bulldog.
My eyes closed on the train journey home. I’d jumped out of my seat, pulling my rucksack from the rack above my head and made a run for it as the...
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Herbs
I haven't green fingers, my forte is gastronomy
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Brass
For us, there were times of fine weather between the walled towns. But now it rains inside our trains. Once, the days and nights tapped out hot...
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Keep on Truckin' (The Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 2)
Josiah boards, Archibald trundles and the police take an interest.
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