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Ciao nonna
My grandma passed away last Friday. She was 99 and died peacefully in her bed after withering away slowly for the past two or three years. She had survived herself, and there was relief that she was free at last. However, we all feel older, lonelier, more vulnerable now. This, however tiny, is for her. And for my dad.
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Delusion.
A poem i wrote to help deal with my dysphoria, i hope you like it!
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War Confined?
If there were no bombs or dynamite, no nukes or WMDs men still would war, dispute and fight, but maybe more confined to battlefields – no missiles...
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09.2 Crossroads
A day later, they arrived at Salta. That French lady wore high-waist tailored pants in black, a white corporate shirt with a sleeveless jacket blazer...
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Lost and looking
Remember about heartbreak I say to the couple kissing but they don't hear me because of a motorbike going past. I'm trying to find the cafe my...
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Legend of the Pah - 4 (S T Vasectomy Clinic)
Alistair returned to the garage, he was feeling out of control, desperate and in this reckless condition, he got inside the Audi awkwardly, scraping...
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Drones and Harpies
All will be consumed.
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The Bitch is Back
Most of us encounter souls in life we love to hate and hate to love, love to talk about, dread the next encounter, yet love the fascination of what...
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River
Grumbling Mrs. Mumble itching along the bridge . S pitting spite at Canary Wharf . Lit up like a n opened fridge . Chains jangle in a falsetto wind...
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Promised from the beginning
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] A God who is almighty, a God who does not lie, a God who knows the future, and promised to supply eternal...
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09.1 Crossroads
On Friday, third May, they left Rosario. Adriana stood there carrying the child on one hip and the two ladies kissed them goodbye. “Once we come out...
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Harry Found A Hero
Harry Found A Hero By Paul McCann Harry went to sea and sent home the money to his Mammy that he loved with all his heart . On the boats he learnt...
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The Rain Came
The Rain Came By Paul McCann . I cannot swim and I fear the waters rising up on me . The overflow has turned the city into a rolling sea . Western...
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Lunch On The Wild Side
Lunch On The Wild Side by Paul McCann When it comes to the crunch and you sit down for lunch with some of the wild bunch , who like to fart and burp...
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South
Two cars passed him as he walked the meandering country road. The latter rumbled to a halt a few yards ahead of him. As he passed the driverside, an...
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The Ministry of Wellness
Image: Creative Commons A writing exercise, where you take the first line of someone else's story and use it as your own. I borrowed a first line from my favourite novella by Mikhail Bulgakov.
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Nature's Beauty
What a nice, auspicious day So in here we can stay What a bright, stunning sunshine Where beauty and peace combine When trees stand there non-skew...
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08.1 Rosario
Another use of a bedsheet is to wrap it like a robe. Madeleine wrapped it behind her back and around the chest, pulled the corners over the neck and...
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I Am Treated
to a feast of pleasure- I can hear the delicate flapping from an eagle the way a baby cries a love of life little one with wiggles and jiggles. I...
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One Small Hole
The surge burned. Energy equivalent to a thousand suns passed through their living conduit. Although only theirs for a moment, it was more than...
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