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True Love
God, as I knew, was very unforgiving. Most folk think of prophets as old guys with long beards. She said cheerio to half the people in the room. That...
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A Wee Walk Home From The Off License
Wee Walk Home From The Off License By Paul McCann It was a Saturday night and she asked me to go and get her a wee bottle from the off license . You...
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Alfred N.Muggins Becomes An Honourary Frenchman After Watching The Opening Ceremony Of The Olympics! : Part 2
1/8/24 It all took him back to the times when he had been in Paris, and France generally. He listened now to Debussey and Ravel, with his nose...
Watching You Chapters Eleven and Twelve
Chapter Eleven Black slipped through a fence as dilapidated as the house he was about to enter. As he strode through the weeds, moonlight flooded the...
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Monday morning's inner voice
You sit there, slumped in your chair, eyes glazed as you stare at the mountain of tasks before you. From above, I watch you, observing the weight you...
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The Troubled City
The Troubled City By Paul McCann . Micky pulled up at the top of the hill and rode the clutch as he waited for a break in the traffic before...
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I Am A CAR! Part Two.
After I took the huge step of coming out, I decided it was best to let my family, friends and work colleagues know, for it would be best coming from...
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The Leasure Age
It's a wonder, really, that we've kept so many people employed over the years, even though 'automation' and IT have purportedly taken over the...
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Caught In Charm Of What I See
Dear diary... My senses experience significant aura caught in moments like this, in my mind lightness flutters... shimmering even in absence of sun...
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Justin And Tiny Mo
Justin And Tiny Mo By Paul McCann In the heart of the glen glade around the mystic meadow where the fairies dwell , there was one such fairy who came...
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The Great Australian Migration
T he Great Australian Migration by Paul McCann With an aging population Australia is in need to bridge the gap that exists between those agreement...
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The Heart Of The Matter
The Heart Of The Matter By Paul McCann Lets have a yarn about cardiovascular disease with Aboriginal people . Evidence has shown that one of the...
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Gloom imprisons
[inspired by ‘Two men looked out through prison bars’ Extended metaphorically]
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I Am A CAR!
I am glad I am living in this day and age, where there are SO many genders. The exact amount, as it goes up monthly, I think it now stands at about...
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My First Poem on ABCtales
Echoes from the past
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The Crow
The Crow Jennifer Pickup, 17.08.2024 I am the crow and I fly Fast as a dart, and straight as a die, Observing the world with my watchful eye. I see...
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No Country for Cold Men
Made in the shade of our covered terrace late in the afternoon on one of those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.
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Improving International Student Health Care
Improving International Student Health Care By Paul McCann Australian citizens are able to access the Medicare system and are able to get free...
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Death where is your sting?
I am too late. Much too late. That is what rustles through my mind as I read the message. I stand with my mobile phone in my hand in the living room...
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A Refugee Outlook
A Refugee Outlook By Paul McCann At any given time anyone of us could end up in the middle of conflict or a war and as a result we might have to...
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