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True Tales from an Austere Kingdom - Inflation
I hailed a cab to take me to my club. "That'll be a penny guvnor, up front if you don't mind." "I do mind, actually," I said. "I am used to being...
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Ugly Puggly 77
When they left for Drymen, I went to the shop and bought a bottle of Vladistock. I cracked it open on the main road and took a quick slug. It burned...
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RJC
His face is the waves of shipwreck slants and slashes, all going down while hand light-holds a brush to make blank paper open up like dawn to...
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Where's the Z?
[This is a rework of a piece I wrote for an IP in 2013] Some like the stress, and mental strategies of chess; but my mother and I liked to dabble in playing scrabble – try for a double …
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Shift
Drifting through space Heart resting in hands Shards of glass embedded deep A soul so broken A mind lost Hope there's enough left Riding the wave of...
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Gifted are our memories. by MarciaMarcia
gifted are our memories”by MarciaMarcia those happiest of sunny summer days, by the waters of the Cape, walking the streets past town shops eating...
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A damsel who had prayed for a millennium
Once upon a time, there was a pretty, pure and versatile damsel from an aristocratic family. She had a graceful name – Huimei. Her virtue made so...
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Me and my friend my old guitar
me and my friend my old guitar batter and wore and out of tune but the life we had me and you me and my friend my old guitar many an hour you comfort...
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May the angels wings
may angels' wings cover you tonight the road ahead ain't easy the darkness of the night when you cry and you pray for the sunlight the world keeps...
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What I Love
Dear diary... Tuesday 23 rd August 2022. Walk in Stanton Wood. Quietly slipping away; focusing on restored rhythm rising with every second, eyes...
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Mother of Difficulties
. Mother of Difficulties by Paul McCann Mother of difficulties there’ are problems small and large I place them into your charge . Mother of...
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Chasing the Rainbow
An older piece. Edited and renamed.
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Ugly Puggly 76
Molly made toast, but she’d only brown bread which was like cheating at breakfast, and eating low-calorie cardboard because it was good for you...
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The shells of life
picture from pixabay
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WWW
August 23rd. The Woods. Strung across all paths, intricate, unseen webs split space into gossamer satellite dishes till afternoon sun's gold caress...
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Cosmic Caper
Let’s not fail As we set sail For the holy grail Let’s catch a falling star Store it in a jar In the boot of the car Let’s blow up balloons That look...
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Painted Poem. By MarciaMarcia
Painted Poem by MarciaMarcia strike…L…strike…o…two more…strike…v ….strike…e… Love…strike… I look away from my old typewriter don’t go…come Make more...
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Does it Rain in Heaven?
Watching someone close to you leave Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/does-it-rain-in-heaven-mp3 Does it rain in Heaven? Night...
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103, not out!
Some days she sleeps all day – quite determined; other days she’s just sleepy. After five days wakeful she slept all day the day before her birthday...
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