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Since I've seen koalas

I don't call it spag bol anymore I call it spaghetti bolognese and describe certain people as the type of person who says 'spag bol.' She's been...

What are electrons?

When our physics teacher died we didn't have to do physics anymore. The headmaster wrote a letter to the exam board. Equations still on the...

Flexibility

The whole idea is to be sad for as little time as possible. That's what I've figured out so far. I don't know what to do with nostalgia I prefer...

What to do with Joe

Samantha didn't mind that it was her birthday and she had to help her husband up the stairs to their one-bedroom apartment. She knows how hard it has...

The Loss Of Swift

The world lost a talented actor one year ago today. After being on Earth for almost 83 years, he passed away. He starred in 'Keeping Up Appearances'...

Earworm

My wife and I often say 'I hate you, now I'm singing it....(evil grin ensues )

You've Got A Heart!

He couldn't talk, but - oh man! - he was clever, intelligent. Maybe even telepathic. The rain was coming down in sheets, the wipers swiping across...

Welcome to Berlin, Mr McElhone - EAGLES HUNT WOLVES

THIRTY-FOUR Berlin OMGUS (Office of Military Government US) Ed McElhone was tossed the keys to the Dodge T214 by an armed mechanic. “You sure you...

The Songwriter- Chapter Three

The Songwriter By Paul McCann CHAPTER 3 THE POET IN A MAD MAD WORLD In a rented house in Pendle Hill I shared with a German couple I tried to compose...

If I Can't Have Her, Nobody Can

My fiance was going to leave me for another man. So I told her that if I can't have her, nobody can. I got my pistol and put a bullet in her forehead...

The Songwriter - Chapter Two

chapChapter Two THE TRANSFORMATION It was May 1972 when I started my first job in Australia as an apprentice French polisher and spray painter . I...

The Songwriter - Chapter One

THE SONGWRITER By Paul Mc Cann CHAPTER 1 JOURNEY FROM THE CROSSROADS I was born in 1956 in the Jubilee section of Belfast City Hospital . I could not...

Mum.

My Mum emigrated many years ago, when she retired. I’ve been to see her twice. For her age, she is in good health, she has a bit of back pain, and...

The Dentist.

My Son decided not to go back to the dentist when he realized he had to start paying, after he left school. He rang me recently to ask, “Can you ring...
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My Name is Slow Commotion

I was the last one to exit the train this morning. It wasn’t the first time. When the train pulled into Grand Central Terminal I was wiping the sleep...
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Ouch

The runner gasps as one foot clips a stone -- yet jogging good for these older bones-- heart on high alert somehow able to stand the strain of...

Changing Hands Part 3

I could feel the searing heat of the white hot coals in the forge stinging my eyes as I pulled a glowing bar of steel from the fire with a pair of Madelaine’s Puiforcat Elyseé sugar tongs. The heat from the steel started to melt the sterling silver. My grandfather appeared at my side wearing a cloth cap and dressed in an Armani suit. He slapped both my cheeks.

Hey AG –in-laws!

Hey AG –in-laws! Vary the customs where you grew Vary the cuisines you cherish to chew Vary the natal tongues, you tell vary the calls as address,...

A Lucky Man

A Lucky Man By Paul McCann A lucky man is what they tell me that I am . o have a woman as beautiful as you. Sure I know everything they say is true...
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A Hymn for Silent Bells

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