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aMeRIca?
What was heartland is ravaged, The cities are all savage And workers can’t get by on pay. The new thing’s just in, Pulled fresh out the bin, With a...
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ORDEAL

you're not a heel you treat for meal your chance to steal perhaps a feel her clothes may peel perhaps she'll kneel and do the deal until you reel...
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The Video Game Crash Of 1983
Something happened forty years ago that hurt the video game industry tremendously. The video game crash of 1983. Because there were so many video...
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IQRA (Read, Educate Yourself)

Photograph is by Twitter/@ZohalAzra No known copyright issues. IQRA is allegedly the first word revealed to Mohammad by God. It has the same arabic root letters as Qu'ran, the book.
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The Enchanted Child
The Enchanted Child By Paul McCann Across the bridge an enchantment glows All around the pearly gates To capture the child who came to dance where...
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The Turkish Turtles of Turtle Beach by A.N.Muggins
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(Based on events during the Mudbath excursion near Marmaris in Turkey of May 2022) Written 18/7/22 The Turkish Turtles of Turtle Beach, in the...
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Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 8
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I am not sure when it started, or how. They are all laughing. Piercing my brain with their high pitch screeching and screaming. Out of the corner of...
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The ant and the grasshopper - an updated fable
One summer’s day, a grasshopper was working in the field, gathering food for the winter. When he had filled a barrow full, he was called over by the...
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New Year encounter

A young man once asked Buddha to explain the essence of the Teaching. “If you cling, you are bound. If you do not cling, you are free,” Buddha...
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MIND YOUR Ps AND Qs

Let me bring up something That is certain to confuse We've all heard the expression We must mind our Ps and Qs It means to watch your manners But...
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2023

Last night we said goodbye to 2022. Out with the old and in with the new. The new year is here at last. 2022 is a thing of the past. I hope that 2023...
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Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Are they a danger? And yes, potentially. We are defenceless if they meant us harm, any moment they might reveal themselves. It can be at any time but...
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Guaranteed Hope

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] King Jesus holds out hope that’s guaranteed by God: when sliding on a slippery slope, listen to loving Word...
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It Is True.

A month ago, I did a test with a colleague at work, we said a word, that we would not normally say, in a conversation, then looked on our phones...
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The Sparkles Of New Years Eve Night
The Sparkles Of New Years Eve Night by Paul McCann Sparkles in the night , showers of colours and light , exploding in rhythmic sounds of percussive...
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Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 9

The day has left me shaking. I can’t tell if I am happy or sad. Something has changed. Barely even answering mum as she asks me how my day was, I...
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Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 7
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“His latest obsession.” That’s what my mum calls it. Always with that slight rolling of the eyes that hurts my heart. Mum says that I have to...
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30 Years Ago On New Year's Eve
I still remember what happened thirty years ago tonight on New Year's Eve. I went to Goodwill and Kmart. It was the first time that I went to...
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Groundhog's Day or a new beginning?
New Year’s Eve It is the 31 st of December in the year of our Lord, 2022. As I contemplate the beginnings of New Year, arriving in a few hours, I...
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"I Never Knew You."

I always think it’s lovely to see, sports people doing the sign of the cross, to me it shows, a nice heart, from a nice gesture. They are not been...
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