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His Running Top
On the radiator, it sat, folded over neatly, waiting for him to put it on, warm on his skin, before his next run. Now it gathers a layer of dust that...
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Hopeless
Years gone by all the years I gave to you you say one thing and mean another and you just take from me you don't really care but sometimes you say...
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A Bridge, Overlooked
From my window I see a man Stomping across to her, as though Called by the NATION itself. A staggered Ares. With his arse showing. And all the NATION...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (11)
Part 10 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-10 THE WITCH When the rains didn’t come, life was difficult. The...
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Welcome to the New World (with musical accompaniment!)
Re-post. I recently recorded this poem with added music. To listen, follow the link to Spotify at the bottom of the page.
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Do Vampires Day Dream - Rewrite Prologue, Chapter One & Chapter Two
PROLOGUE “Why’s he so pale?” the unseen voice erupted from somewhere inside the group of pyjama clad children. Now Vlad, the target of this hostile...
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Desert of Dreams
bright light and open eyes. dry dark sand on the horizon of forever. no sea swell, salt water, wind and wave. no seaweed, no seashell, no seagull. no...
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Easy.
Easy. Today is the first of five days I will be with Mum; it is my turn. Mum is now 90 years old and has dementia. Thankfully Mum knows us, but if...
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Patricia
Written in response to the IP 'The thing you kept that you shouldn't'. Except in this case it's the thing he kept that I wish he hadn't.
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Hard to Let go?
She loved her old house at the edge of the cliff filled with the things of memories past. But one day the cliff crumbled down, all was lost – out...
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Courtesy Calls: The Fire Lane (2)
The tow appeared in the public enforcement report four days later. I confirmed the partial plate against my notes. It matched. I imagined the...
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Courtesy Calls: The Fire Lane (1)
Rule 12: A fire lane exists for a reason. So does everything else. The first thing I noticed about Darrell Burch was his shoes. Not the Suburban —...
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Love Is A Song In The Heart
Love Is A Song In The Heart by Paul McCann I found the place where songs come from and there are many like myself who stumble through the chaos of...
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Mother Of Interference
Mother Of Interference by Paul McCann Mother of interference arrest the trespass and protect my mind , from those who enclose the free will that’s...
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Good Girl
September, 29th of, in the two thousand and nineteenth year of our Lord, she departed. Loaded with threep-niner-wan shipping containers, app. Too-...
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Dirt.
Dirt. You can always learn something new every day. Last week, I was listening to Premier Christian Radio, and I heard something on there, that I had...
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A Woman's Prayer
A Woman’s Prayer Jennifer Pickup, 18.02.2026 Please do not touch or stand to crowd, Don't get too close or talk too loud, Listen to me when I say 'No...
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Bake Off.
Bake Off! My manager asked me to, “Make pancakes for everyone at work.” I have never in my life, made pancakes, I had seen it on telly, but hadn’t...
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The Dancer
A metaphor if you will..
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Ghigau 26
26. Monday 17th Sam Tate pulled up outside the Booth residence at 9.25am. Her appointment was for 10am. She should have made this visit days ago but...
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