Cherrypicked stories

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We should call a man

It's not my fault that I'm not able to French Polish the scratched coffee table
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Give My Daughter Back Her Hair!

Playing the lottery is what people do instead of changing their life, she tells me, buttoning up her pinstriped jacket.
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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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