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Burglar in the Night

The radio alarm woke Matty up in the morning. The announcer was reading the news. "People have disappeared during extraordinary events overnight...

Half Way House

Well, it is that time of year...

Night-Mail

The train station - dank; gutters dripping, on Eden-scented moss. Our train rolls off its buttercup-yellow windows, lingering on the black-mushed,...

Venus

Venus... Early morning luminary, big and bright and beautiful. Venus... Taunts me with her dazzling rays. No star distracts from her lovliness. A...
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Cherry

Porcelain

Fragile, cracks glued. Repaired often - - broken over and again - repaired. Fragmented crushed and ground down.

Enjoy It for What It Is

Two nights at the Bristol and Harriet’s wedding when we get back: That’s something to look forward to! Concrete. Satisfaction guaranteed. So here and...

The Fool's Gold

One day, a fool was burying a bag of gold. He dug a very big and deep hole in the ground with a shovel. But when he turned around to pick up the bag...

Strange fruit

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These cherrys just ain't easy to get Looks like my stuff don't impress them much yet Maybe lemons perhaps Would suit my mishaps Their high standards...
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Monday, I suppose

White van man, get a dirtier van, Your reflections are blinding me And the early morning sun Is giving me a wist for my bed Woman in the wolf-...

Hell Blog Survey

What percentage of the population of Hell agreed with the following statements? I wish I had never been born. 32% I would rather fade away into total...

The further adventures of Stan -9

After my disasterous bridge party attempt at seeing if I could get back in the dating game, I decided that there was no point in trying to...

Wisp

O' small orb of fleeting light, Guiding lost souls in cautionary moonlight, Light my way in this blackest hour, Give my weak soul some dwindling...
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'Go Now'

The Moody Blues blasting out from a cherry red 'Dansette Bermuda'. There we were, my sister's boyfriend, Rob, and me...and Monday's washing dirty-dancing on the line...
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Let’s Break It, Let’s Do It

Let’s break it, let’s do it Let’s tore down the middle You say I chose it There’s no point to settle Let’s break it, let’s do it Let’s run on the...
Cherry

The Meteor Problem (1)

I was woken at just after 6.30 one morning by a polite, but firm, knocking on my back door. How strange. It clearly wasn’t Alun’s knock, yet Alun is...

Praise Jehovah

Praise Jehovah, I'll praise him all the way. I will praise him for the rest of my days. I will praise him until I die and in Heaven as well. When it...

Who cares?

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Here I sit with my pen in my hand Does the world really know where I stand Do people care what I write Do they exclaim with delight Is my work by the...

One November Night (Seasonal Rhyme)

As I was going for a walk, one cold November night, I saw the ghost of old Guy Fawkes, he gave me such a fright. But he told me "Please, have no fear...

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