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Ode on a cloud in mercury with a silver lining
Caravaggio, he say, duel I fought, between right and wrong, alas it was all for nought. Now I paint in brown and chalky white, look to the skies and...
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One Last time
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one last time I run my fingers in your hair one last time I held your hand one last time you smile at me one last time we share a joke one last time...
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Tamales (a poem)
Tamales At the end of the rainbow there is a foil-wrapped package of pork tamales roll your eyes at anyone who blathers on about some pot of gold all...
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Renaldo Goes Nuts
“Well, look what the cat drug in,” said Frederick. It was a statement so cringe-worthy that Renaldo placed a wing over his breast and shuddered. “Don...
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Sometimes my computer fan screams at me
Sometimes my computer fan screams at me. Then freezes Crashes. It’s crashing more now. Nothing’s changed It had been showing the same word document...
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Snowbirds & Sunbirds- welcome guests
It is February in Southwest Florida. The warm Florida sun presides over the gentle sway of palm trees and the rhythmic sussuration of the Seaside...
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Parables of Clippety (4) - Jellyfish
The train pulled into Liverpool Lime Street and both women immediately became shiny eyed, the corners of their lips turned up and their hearts beat...
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And then there is …
[ A slight edit of an old one] A whirling storm … until — it was suddenly still …
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THE FIRST ANGEL 11
We sat in our puffy chairs facing each other across the antique table sampling the whisky. The silence felt awkward after our intense verbal...
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The Age of Fear
Aid. Aids. Big brother. Surveillance. Cops and robbers. Internet sex, child porn, pornography. Computers. Machines. Artificial Intelligence. CIA...
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Ode on a good father, North London, 1933
He had an anchor sketched on his forearm and a bust of Churchill, much later, on the dresser. He told tales in Cockney of building coal fires and...
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Time After Time
It was strange. It was like visiting their first school after years away. Familiar, yet there were constant reminders that they had changed and...
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Almost like home
Instant regret reigned. Orange sands whirled around them, finding its way into their every exposed crevice. Lore sighed. They checked their Breacher...
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Memories Long Forgotten
“Small changes matter.” Time began. “This universe is decaying for one simple reason, there’s an active time loop. You just need to get there and...
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The Storm : All Blow Away
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Storm comes to cleanse the world or at least this land, All Blow away, the cobwebs and corruption, lies and deceit. Blow away the plastic, oceans of...
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Awkward Sean
Sean never applied to become an angel, at no point in his life did he aspire to angelic status. But when he died, instead of being greeted by a...
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Will Cooks Up A Storm
Will Cooks Up A Storm From Bottom’s raging rocks To the Tempest’s storm-tossed shock From a chilling Winter’s Tale To Twelfth Night’s cakes and ale...
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Gale Force 10
Stormy weather
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Magical Mystery Tour Part 1 : In Anticipation of Our Trip To Liverpool by Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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(Mr and Mrs Muggins trip to Liverpool : The story of the Passport and the Marriage Licence. (It’s a long story, and I am not sure that I want to bore...
Aquamarine Rapunzel
I remember the time I gave myself a bit of a makeover. I was about two or three, old enough to have a train of thought, but not enough for it to be...
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