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the look she gave
My feet had barely touched the landing - yet there she is again trailing behind me with those eyes For the fifth time today I stood in front of the...
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The Woman in the Bathroom
"Dad, there's a strange woman pissing in the bathroom." "Is that so?" "I think so. She might be taking a dump, I didn't ask. The point is she didn't...
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22
22 By Paul McCann If I was the only one I would be without you , but when you came into my life I turned 22 . Ooh oh 1 and 1 that is me and you , If...
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Incident at Till 2
I suppose I’m in a sensitive mood Maybe I was always sensitive That’s my problem, or one of them (Breaks out chocolate biscuits I ought to be working...
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Here With Me
Here With Me By Paul McCann Christ lives here within me , in my heart and in my soul , he is every thing that I believe and the faith that I hold ...
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Bluing
This wall of birdsong against the deepening sky and its attempted evening is like the day, though it knows that it must leave, refusing to go. I turn...
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Weekly Holiday
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] All long for a day free to fill with nothing – or whims of their will, – so often depressing, the emptiness pressing – God’s precepts can satisfy …
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I Wish
we could be inside each other – to see what others see to feel what others feel to sense what the world expects. Love from sacrifice – companionship...
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Angel 53 (baby-shaped hole)
When Angel woke it was still dark outside and, for a moment, she thought Jaz was coming to get her and she wondered where she was. It was the sounds...
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Agent Duck II
Being where Frank makes some friends and finds a pond.
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Brothers Keeper
Brothers Keeper by Paul McCann . Brothers keeper , all the same . Standing tall , strong again . keep the peace , keep that thought , keep the dreams...
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Condumb
When my wife had to go off the pill, I called a place that sells condominiums. When I said that I wanted to buy some so my wife wouldn't get pregnant...
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Mother Of Life
Mother Of Life by Paul McCann Mother of life , help us to respect every culture and every nation . Mother of life, may we appreciate we are part of...
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Limerick On Limericks
Limericks have five lines it is true But poets are oft left to rue As they head for the door Why lines three and four Don't rhyme with lines one and...
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The First Night of Spring
Dog Rose moved silently across the neatly trimmed grass of the park, heading towards the locked gates on Manor Road. Tonight, he would take his route...
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The Moon Keeper
The Moon Keeper By Paul McCann Jimmy Brookfield had always been a loner after being put into a foster home as very young child . Growing up was tough...
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The Sins of the Fathers
Quiet nights. Quiet frights. Quiet chimes. Quiet crimes.
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Cancel The Apocalypse
This is not an attack on faith or people's beliefs, but a satirical attempt to point out what a good job some are doing to make the Horsemen's jobs redundant.
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Did Defeat in 1922 in Scotland Turn Churchill Tory Again?
It may seem unfair to start an article with a question that the author has no intention of answering, but that's exactly what I'm going to do. The...
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Read His Bible
on the back porch. Saw Jesus in all he knew – especially in Dad once a raging whiskey-man and finally during elder years found something new. Now dad...
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