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Dad's funeral during Covid
Got to the car park of the cemetery The cardboard coffin and my family We walk it in and lay it down Pandemic seating with too much space around A...
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The Staggers
'The Staggers did me father/and his old dad before -/now I’m the one to suffer/nature’s uncommon law.’
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Turnips and a scapegoat - Chapter 2
Inspired by their encounter, Sebastian and Oliver decided to book a trip to Piornal. They had always seen themselves as adventurers of sorts, yet now...
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Turnips and a scapegoat - Chapter 1
Sebastian and Oliver found themselves where they always were at this time on a Friday evening, at the swankiest supermarket Dorking had to offer...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 15
Martha tiptoed up the stairs and across the hallway to Perfidia’s bedroom door and knocked softly. After several seconds of no response she knocked...
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True Love
God, as I knew, was very unforgiving. Most folk think of prophets as old guys with long beards. She said cheerio to half the people in the room. That...
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A Wee Walk Home From The Off License
Wee Walk Home From The Off License By Paul McCann It was a Saturday night and she asked me to go and get her a wee bottle from the off license . You...
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Alfred N.Muggins Becomes An Honourary Frenchman After Watching The Opening Ceremony Of The Olympics! : Part 2
1/8/24 It all took him back to the times when he had been in Paris, and France generally. He listened now to Debussey and Ravel, with his nose...
Watching You Chapters Eleven and Twelve
Chapter Eleven Black slipped through a fence as dilapidated as the house he was about to enter. As he strode through the weeds, moonlight flooded the...
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Monday morning's inner voice
You sit there, slumped in your chair, eyes glazed as you stare at the mountain of tasks before you. From above, I watch you, observing the weight you...
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The Troubled City
The Troubled City By Paul McCann . Micky pulled up at the top of the hill and rode the clutch as he waited for a break in the traffic before...
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I Am A CAR! Part Two.
After I took the huge step of coming out, I decided it was best to let my family, friends and work colleagues know, for it would be best coming from...
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The Leasure Age
It's a wonder, really, that we've kept so many people employed over the years, even though 'automation' and IT have purportedly taken over the...
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Caught In Charm Of What I See
Dear diary... My senses experience significant aura caught in moments like this, in my mind lightness flutters... shimmering even in absence of sun...
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Justin And Tiny Mo
Justin And Tiny Mo By Paul McCann In the heart of the glen glade around the mystic meadow where the fairies dwell , there was one such fairy who came...
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The Great Australian Migration
T he Great Australian Migration by Paul McCann With an aging population Australia is in need to bridge the gap that exists between those agreement...
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The Heart Of The Matter
The Heart Of The Matter By Paul McCann Lets have a yarn about cardiovascular disease with Aboriginal people . Evidence has shown that one of the...
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Gloom imprisons
[inspired by ‘Two men looked out through prison bars’ Extended metaphorically]
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I Am A CAR!
I am glad I am living in this day and age, where there are SO many genders. The exact amount, as it goes up monthly, I think it now stands at about...
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My First Poem on ABCtales
Echoes from the past
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