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Chapter Four: Captain Storm (EDITED)
“With a poppet?”
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The Shining Stone
“The Shining Stone”
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Dear Man I Saw On The Platform At Colchester
Dear man I saw on the platform at Colchester, You hugged the ugly Polynesian girl Then waited while she got on board the train I confess, my knee-jerk thought was Mail order bride
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FAMILIES
I took photos of the Woods, Ate healthily with the Greens, Got a cake from the Bakers, Had egg and chips with the Beans.
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River
Two bottles of rioja Are unleashed - 'My teeth were made for this', Grinning like a Greek. This midnight sneak To the river Is a way to jolt me Aloft. Riposting, I show My sad tits
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The West
(Driving Through Suburbia) When you drive through a suburb, You see the ghosts of the land: Pines standing free and open, Avenues of young maples, planted after the wars,
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What want mooring
What want mooring They went home and locked the home gate they went home and did the washing up and at tea time when mum said because I am in a boat having a hard time we have dog for dinner
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The god loss
The god loss Remember the little god who stood up to sleep, strolled across lawns mimicking ducks. They say he beat back books, charged per syllable with
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Apples and cheese
Apples and cheese I wouldn’t make much of a ploughman given I don’t like apples or cheese. In bed I’d unshirt him enjoy all the things and then like beer off a dog’s lip
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An Apology for a Class
Poor Inez puts up with a lot...
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Of mice and not men
You might need to know something aboutthe 12 steps.
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What It Is... (Scene 2)
Next bit. Any comments gratefully received!
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Just Eight Lines
The finger of creation.
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Some Drones
A waitress encounters a man lost in a story, but who's story is it?
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Fountains
Fountains light the sound of gardens in twinkle plink pink pink make baths for birdsong and fall down drunken steps in a joyous white unfurling
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The New Confessions
IPOW - May offend, possibly.
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Humiliation
The old woman had her.
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Poetical Science
The twenty-first century – what a wondrous place! Where no one is judged by their creed, sex or race Where technology makes our lives sprightly and gay Isn’t the world looking sciency today?
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George Aligayah
enunciates every word whenever he is alone, "The Queen is Dead."
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I Love Everything About You
This is the Prologue from my collection of short stories, "Body Parts: The Anatomy of Love", which is available from Amazon and other bookshops. For more info please visit www.richardbardsley.net
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