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Abyss

Abyss Night wind blows in from the sea covering those out on the Downs in a fine spray. A full moon hangs like a winter lantern lighting a trail...
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I WISH I WERE A HORSE......MAYBE NOT

PREFACE: I feel sorry for cows. They stand ALONE in the wind, rain, snow and worse. This is animal humour, but it does parallel humanity. Humans spend more time and energy trying to be something or someone else instead of embracing and nourishing who they are. In the end, Daisy realized that being a cow wasn’t a bad thing.
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This Sort of Thing - December 2023 - Side A

Stand aside Tristram Shandy, this is The Life and Opinions of Turlough Ó Maoláin, Gentleman. Compiled during the early part of December 2023, at a rate of one hundred words per day.
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Broken Ability Part 1-6

Twice over the next several days the village was assailed, firstly by a lone wolfang and second by a slugula, a giant slug beast with a hard back...
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In "His" Image
In his image. Stumbling through the chaotic selfish masses, whose passing kicks and punches at honesty destroy the desultory syntax that paranoia...
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Garret Blues
I live in a garret, perched on the top floor, I live in a garret, perched on the top floor, Its so peaceful when I’m locked behind my door. I live in...
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New year
There is so much that can happen, so much that could be, flat out refuse to make such a statement of possibility, rain hits the window, adding...
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Dancing In The Halls Of Wisdom
Dancing In The Halls Of Wisdom By Paul McCann She took the dream train at the usual time , just as she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep ...
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New year's rant

My new year’s resolution isn’t your typical one. I don’t want to say I’m going to give up something, because that never works. No, my resolution...
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Space as a Friend
The stars create dots like lightning bugs in the dark & a cloudless night with whiskers of wisps are decoration as the moon appears suddenly in a...
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Waiting, wanting

Midnight chimes but hours of night still to come before … fresh …
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Daddy Long Legs
Daddy Long Legs There was a singular man who walked tall around our Basildon town in an open necked shirt, a comb in his top left pocket. Shiny shoes...
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New Year's Resolution

New Year ’s Resolution Jennifer Pickup (01.01.2024) Another New Year, a new resolution you won’t keep ! Oh, let me take a rough guess : A diet for...
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Rap on progress and the class war
Gross domestic product, surplus value gross income before tax progress. Capital gains tax welfare rights and benefits. Consum Consumers, Consumerism...
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clang'n to this ruse of just hang'n on
clang'n to this ruse so just hang'n on wet rainbow colored paper mache' bins kaleidiscoping animatronic fantasizers swaddling in this age old potion'...
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Parcel for you....Part 11

‘Spencer?’ ‘Yes,’ ‘Come here!’ Vanessa listened as he walked to the hall and stood over her. ‘These cartridges,’ she said, holding one up without...
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New Year On The Streets Of New York
New Year On The Streets Of New York By Paul McCann The sun had set and it was a cold New years Eve . Around and around the town the little boy walked...
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Happy New Year.... Again.
Undo the knot Release the bindings Free my mind Drink my beer Hold my hand Walk my road Take my mind Inhale my fear Kiss my heart Lick my arse Be...
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Post Christmas relief.
Little Benjamin was out for a walk with his father on the first fresh, crisp day of 2017. It was the first time that Benjamin really understood the...
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