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IF you fall asleep in your dream you die
which is why I'm always falling asleep in other people's dreams. I sneak in, unnoticed and climb into a bed. If you dream a train is coming and you'...
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The ceiling spotlight flicked on
You found her diary inside a cook book and now you don't know what to do. You knew she could cook but you didn't know she could draw like that. You'...
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The doctor is very beautiful
Both paramedics have muddy trousers from knee to ankle I don't know if they have spares in the ambulance, or socks you can't be a paramedic in wet...
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Two-By-Two, Hurrah!
For want of other entertainment, he used to look out of the screen into the great nothingness ahead and manipulate the stray remnants of celestial...
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The Ending of 2018
The end of 2018 is very near. In just a matter of hours, 2019 will become the new year. 2018 was a sad year because my aunt died. After 43 years of...
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New Year
New Year Like the old year Stale air makes you feel faint New Year like the old year With a new lick of paint New Year Resolutions Promises you know...
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An 18 month-old meets Penelope the Penguin
‘Hello! I’m Penelope the Penguin’ (Mum wriggling bright hand puppet) “He-ow” (huge smile from ear to ear, shining eyes) …
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Ragged Falls
Ragged falls The first time it was still mild. We climbed your rocky outcrops And dared our feet upon slippery stones While you thundered past In...
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Incarnation
Sounds from the past can be heard from afar, waking a memory from its sleep.
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Here's to a new year
tomorrow will be better. the cracks on wall and skin will mend; and the bitter taste that left your tongue pressed so hard against your cheek, with...
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Hang On To Your Fedora - A Craven Danger Mystery
“Lose the fedora,” said the big boss at the warehouse. “Night watchmen don’t wear no fedoras.” “But I ain’t myself without my fedora.” “And you ain’t...
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Look Around
and view personal gems which adorn our apt walls- pictures and cards plus two crow feathers on a trail we hiked. Oh the memories: one son &...
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Under The Gun
Under The Gun By Paul McCann I used to be angry , I used to feel young. Now all that’s gone I don’t need to run . They said keep all the bullets, the...
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“Santa(?)”’s ‘Naughty’ list
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] If Santa really watches all, then every single name would fall not in the ‘nice’, but ‘naughty’ list – for...
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Fragment 2
After what must have been a day or so, the firery haze around the ship started to fade away. When it had finally regained it's own dark brownish...
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Losing the planned path
We hadn’t a large-scale map. The path looked “straight-ahead” from A to B, but on the ground, with missing arrow-signs, and new …
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The Honourable Member
The Honourable Member The quick of the fall. A punch to the heart outside the hardware store is all it took. I knew him as a schoolboy, the way he...
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We're Australian
We’re Australian By Paul McCann This land is our land , we call our home. Long may our surf roll white with foam . Long may our streets be safe and...
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When do I cry?
Finally the search is over for me. How to sum up a great man and his part in my life.
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Grandpa
said there would be days like this. Soft snow – fluffy crystals overcoming each press of snowshoe. He gave me this set – Algonquin style he said. The...
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