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L'ESPRIT D'ESCALIER
A ritual, an exorcism, a letting go.
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(Hope) in a small can
Something a little different, but also writing about relationship/love again.
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An Echo Of Love
An Echo Of Love By Paul McCann Every child that cries turns a Mothers head and she tries to help anyway she can. Every woman’s pain is a word unsaid...
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In A World Gone Mad: Friday 29 May 2020
Andy, from the age of fifteen was an addicted drug dealer. He left Windermere suddenly after a party with alcohol and a cocktail of drugs, that had...
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ghost
I told a lie that I had seen the worst of me and was comfortable. I have seen only part of me and am not comfortable. I am uneasy. I leave myself...
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First summer rain

I close my eyes as the first summer rain Gently clashes and cascades down the window pane. I look down and see a small pair of army green Wellington...
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"The Ocean's Call"

It calls to me as no other place ever has Oh I’ve been to mountainous landscapes and adorable valleys Charming small towns and open roads And they...
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"Those Summer Days"

I ran out the door so fast I barely heard my mom tell me to be home for supper. “I will,” I called back as I slammed out the front door. My friends...
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"Roslyn Pond and You"

We’ll follow the path To the old tree swing Down by Roslyn pond Hand in hand Shy smiles Back and forth Our footprints On the worn dirt path Last only...
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May 28, 1990
Something bad happened in 1990 on the 28th of May. It turned out not to be such a great Memorial Day. I saw a very beautiful girl who looked like she...
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"LET ME COLLECT DUST" (Part 2 of 2)

Putting on some clothes, I made my way to school.
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"LET ME COLLECT DUST" (Part 1 of 2)

He looked a lot like Che Guevara.
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The Cinderella Story 2

THE CINDERELLA STORY 2 Written by: Johnbest Obialo (Desert writer) Genre: fiction. Disclaimer: Every word, name, place, and anything seen, read or...
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Watching

My eyes follow you into rain feeling dry earth becoming moist, growth echoing below meadow sweet pulsing daisies and buttercups to rise, flutter leaf...
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In a World Gone Mad: Thursday 28 May 2020
Thursday 28 May 2020 I’m not going to blart on about lack of sleep for a hundred and three paragraphs because I’m boring myself now. But Max kept me...
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Don't Take The Tablets!

My grandson, Flynn, was concerned that his two dogs, Packham and India, hadn't properly understood about the virus either in 'A Panda Called Mick' or 'The Walrus and the Aunteater' so he asked if this time I could make sure that they did. I must admit, I couldn't see much opportunity for humour in that context, but it turns out I was wrong ;-)
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Break the Child: chapter Thirty ...2 Balloons
I was a bit sad. My cake was nice and everything and I was really grateful, but it was a little supermarket one. It was chocolate and it had a ribbon...
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Break The Child: Chapter Thirty-One: The Meeting
Chapter Thirty. I was meeting Danny at one and waited by the door so that I could get out fast. I saw him coming up the path. You couldn’t miss him;...
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A Confrontation With Elaine Benes
When my girlfriend and I went to a restaurant, Elaine Benes started harassing her. When she saw my girlfriend's mink coat, she asked if it was real...
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