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Head-Crash
End of a bad day
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twelve-noon-four
Paddy came spruced up and fully dressed, out of the shower, and dropped the wet towel on the bed. He adjusted his tie and polished his shoes by...
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Your Mother
She’s a stain on you your mother On us, a serpent brimming spite Casts her venom spit-hissed And there’s no hope No light relief, no antidote Each...
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Natalie
A good-for-nothing, gormless, sprot!' had been her school report card's most memorable quote at fourteen. Her mother taking her to task over her...
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Age Concern
Misogyny and ageism could be hate crimes
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3 Haiku, Monday
The Empire Corridor Dogam train slatt-jangs, Rumbblety chittachat, gone. Calling all stations. Scouting for Girls Sausage sizzle bright, First...
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Mending the Minds
Mending the Minds P K Routray My dear Pani Prafulla, Nanda Manmohan, Mishra Pradipta, Mohanty Guru, Palit Milan Acharya Gopal , Patnaik Jagdish ,...
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Harbour of Hope
Harbour Of Hope By Paul McCann This world is not out home , There’s nothing we can own . There’s nothing we can do without you , Lord Jesus where...
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Monroe (5)
Both Frank and Terry looked at the photo of Thomas Sago on the whiteboard and then back to the video. Yep, it was him. No doubt about it. Sandra...
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Rocking Power, Beaming Power!
Rocking and swaying, pounding tree tops – powerful wind, whose blast nothing stops. Sometimes its force can make the bough crack – energy free to try...
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Dreaming of the Particular Dead
It has to be spoken of, not that there may be urgent need (no need to shun it either), but I would question the necessity of haunting me. Not that...
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A Man of the Mountain - Obsession
Need to catch up? Link to the full collection here: https://www.abctales.com/collection/man-mountain-2018 7. Obsession Jonas couldn’t contain himself...
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The Nest Egg
“A nest egg is essential for a secure retirement.”
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Just following orders... (4) (ii)
Conclusion
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Just following orders... (4) (i)
Part One of the conclusion of my true-life story. I'm allowed to return to my flat after the damage I caused. But there's more damage to come...
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Promises Beyond The Veil Of Light ( PT 51 )
Picture by pixabay free images. Part Fifty One On a hot July evening the night before Mina's eighteenth birthday, with the window open wide, she sat...
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Florida Beach
Where your waves gave welcome your surf revived upon this shore, putting stressful minds at ease then it was so hard to believe, as edgy hands cup...
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Stone
You are that hard stone in my heart now Right at the bottom That makes itself known Every time I have to hear your name Or see your face That stone...
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Empty Page
Empty Page Empty, expectant, quivering With blank expression The page lay shivering. Harbinger, messenger. Lover’s cooing call, Or summons to battle...
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Losing You
As the sun sinks slowly through an ever-changing sky, your eyes in the light darkened, opened to reality’s bite, cruelty of night blights the soul...
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