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Out There
Dear Jalen, What’s it like out there? I don’t know if you can actually answer me, or if you’ll still be able to reach back for these words where you...
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Unconditional love
I love you with all of my heart to the very depth of your soul. I love you in everything you do. I love you in all your successes and all your...
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The Golden Age
Not very subtle. Image is by Rory112233 source is wikipedia commons licence CC-SA by 4.0, I have edited it.
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Wootton Village
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/wootton-village-mp3 Slate-coloured, sombre skies cast vacuous, apocryphal runes. Carrion crows...
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The Pug
. The Pug By Paul McCann We have a pug dog who thinks he’s a pig and he barks like cat crying to the moon . He yelps between slurps, as he sucks up...
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In The Cupboards Keep
. In The Cupboards Keep By Paul McCann I go to work each night and day until my body is sore and I can’t walk any more . I go home and try to get...
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How Can They Not Believe
. How Can They Not Believe By Paul McCann All over the earth there are so many animals both wild and tame , God has created everyone of them and...
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Day of the Snow
It began as TV news reciting a recipe of weather information: talk of fronts merging and nothing to hold back the pending storm pound and wallop were...
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Alfred Muggins Ponders The Royal Wives (Again)
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Mr Muggins and his wife were in their (royal – he liked to think of it!) bed. It was not a four poster bed unfortunately, like Henry and his wives,...
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Winterkill 2
Tom was the only one awake when the first sound came. The floor was hard under his sleeping bag, and he couldn't get comfortable. The others' snoring...
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Winterkill 1
An old horror story of mine, from a few years back. Posted before, but in a slightly different form. Trying to re-work it.
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John Ferguson 1/12/1929—11/1/2020
John Ferguson slipped me twenty-quid and I went to the Oasis, loosely termed a nightclub, with the cash. He was about five-foot-five tall, and he...
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Anyway
Anyway, a mate asked me something to cheer me up. "what is the best thing you do that makes you happy?" I said, make a pretty girl smile occasionally...
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Part 4: A Remembrance of Things Past
Later that night and after I had been successfully stitched together, mum sobbed. “Josef, I want to go home”. She had had enough and she meant it.
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Zen is Unnerving
So I've reached complete - Zen - a few times. Often by accident. Once in the shower. Going about my habitual but somewhat conscious hand movements...
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The Absurdity Of Life
Absurdity of Life Stumbling through rows Upon rows…. Of headless flowers. Wandering wildly At the assassination Of such beauty. Someone told me at...
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So I Hit Him.... Nature or Nurture
“So I hit him”! Catchphrase For the family. Dad hits lad, Lad hits anyone. Say the wrong word, Go on I fucking dare you! What did you say? So I...
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Craven on Patrol - Part II
“Okay, Craven. We got off to a poor start yesterday.” “I’ll say we did. I can’t believe you made me walk home.“ “Sorry, dear boy. It isn’t everyday...
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Devil take you
Devil take you The mists wreath the mountain tops The cold seeps through you like tiny drops. There’s a gathering storm in those towers of stone As...
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Announcing the birth of our sweet Mary
Part of a collection "The Life and Times of Mary" - this is No 3 describing the birth of Mary, who may or may not have existed, into this world and an announcement of her lofty ambitions.
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