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THE DOG PARK

SUMMARY: SUMMARY: How does a story happen? What were you thinking when the story was born? I was writing another story about the existence of God and this idea popped into my brain. Humanity is on the cusp of annihilation, similar to my ending.
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Shared values

Does it shed needles? Nah! Why would it do that if it’s not dead? It’s a living thing is this tree, not a blinking boa constrictor. That’s what the...
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Christmas Feast

Traumatised shoppers stumbled through the Christmastime aghast, minds blown not by the money-saving bargains but by the sheer pointless masochism and...

Christmas Is A Long Time Coming

Christmas Is A Long Time Coming By Paul McCann It’s a long time coming but that special something you had has gone away . Sometimes I miss you more...
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rainbow nights

sparkling starlight in you eyes moonshine silver kissed glittering magic sands run night visions and forgotten tales vague as in a glass in a dream...
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Noah's Ark

He had worked very hard to ensure that no troubles would occur and therefore he'd only allowed couples.
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Gold cherry

"In the bleak midwinter..."

A little festive diversion away from my Undertakers saga, well, elements of it anyway
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Nativity

An old poem I've revised for Christmas.; and by way of my greeting to all at ABCtales, not least our editorial team who keep this ship afloat. So may you all have a blessed Christmas and a peaceful New Year; as we can hope for 2024 for our conflicted world. Dougie

Consequences of God becoming man

y oung ruler … Z acchaeus … the baby came and grew and then Jesus, the man, so cared that we may live anew …
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the house with a collapsing roof

the house with a collapsing roof stands over the landscape, human inhabitants are long gone, that view from the empty windows, is seen by no one,...
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David Wainwright’s Feet

David Wainwright’s Feet were enormous. His right foot was a size 16, his left a size 15. As a result, buying shoes was always difficult for him, but...
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Muse on Jesus

muse on. Namaste thy holy son. Incarnate, spirit lives, spirit lives. Rave on, rave on, far from the madding throng. Restless in love, be still, be...
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Ulf and Sven at Christmas

Sven: ( offstage ) "Ulf. Ulf." ( enter Sven ) Sven: “Happy Christmas, Ulf.” Takes out a present from behind his back. “Look, Santa has been.” Ulf;...
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The Afterthought

I am the poem at the back of the book hidden discreetly, where no one will look. The rejected fragment that somehow got in. the dull afterthought...
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Cursed

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The stranger

“For goodness’ sake, how did I ever, ever get to this point?” She bows her head, her hair falls loosely over the soft, slightly oval face. Her...

Ice & Snow

Such noisy clatter upon my bedroom panes amid the growth of a swelling snow-storm comes to visit us & so I abide in the mystery of its ways as it...
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1:4:6 Johned (Part 3)

“We can’t wait.” Lore’s tone was flatter than usual. “If we do, that is what we’ll be waiting for.” The clones were still paralysed by the event that...
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4am

dream merges with room i look at the clock 4am fragments of dream & this time i’ve seen so many provoked are death problems past failures i...

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