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From his bed in the capital city
Borrowed title from David Berman king of poems. From his bed in the capital city we are driving home to Norwich. The windscreen wipers metronome march
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Thearpy
Therapy Let me introduce you to John.
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Santa's Cookies
The doll seemed to mirror Molly’s features, the same long brown hair and rosy cheeks. Without thought, Harry’s fingers began to stroke the doll’s legs slowly, as he had done so to Molly earlier.
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Xenophobia, you took it upon yourself to kill me.
...Body growing with muscle as it assimilated more ignorance, hate, propaganda, lies, laziness, unemployment...
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Picturing myself in the mountains, 10,000 miles away
I share a feather duvet with the headmistress of the local primary school
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One for the Money...
Autumn Tomson walked down the sidewalk, staggering like a drunkard.
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Hymn to Boredom
Response to Inspiration Point. Oh sweet indolence, Mistress of the sterile mind.......
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speechless, but telling a story
I chose not to speak until I was three. It points to a personality trait of taciturnity that continues to prevail.
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Seabird
For the ABC writers and critics, those who take the time to leave comments.
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Boredom (for Doeslittle)
Here you go, Doeslittle!
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Crystal Clear
Crystal Clear (29th May 2008, 11.57pm) Crystal clear, the water isn’t. I imagine what she would have been thinking, standing here on the edge of the lock,
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A Modicum of Excess is Good for the Soul
I gave up men for Lent and this is what happened.
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Medea
Burlesque and Magic, What more could you want?
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Toyland
Drugs, Dolls and Inappropriate Men all told in first person.
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Tweedledumber
Tweedledumb and Tweedledumber Put on their winter coats one summer Their rags though glad just made them glummer Tweedledumb and Tweedledumber Tweedledee and Tweedledeeper
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The dangers of growing up too soon
Another Sestina that kind of took its own course.
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Always Read the Label Chapter 13 Threesome
Last night has now split into three neat groups. Simon has some explaining to do, Polly has offered Beeb a lift, mainly because she couldn't resist seeing how many people notice...
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Always Read the Label Chapter 12 After Show Party
It's liberating getting in a car after relying on coaches, trains, tubes and buses for so long.
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The Misericord
The weaker ones long ago Gave mercy something soft to grip.
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You do the Maths
It turned out you’d been worried as well. But you hadn’t let on. We both hadn’t let on that we were worried we’d not be let on.
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