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Out of the woods
Out of the woods into the sun Is history paying me back for things I've never done Into the trees with little breeze Stale air gets stuck it's hard...
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Punctured Bicycle
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She likes singing along the songs from The Smiths while she tried her best to fuck my brains out. She’d plug in an old Bluetooth speaker and sing...
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The Storytellers Tales
The Storytellers Tales by Paul McCann They call me a storyteller and I’m always out there on the road , With bags of stories to tell about a place...
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The Wanderer
Fog smothers your guiding lights. There’s a stirring sting of danger as you fly towards disordered planets. Dragging nothing, save the sparks of what...
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THE TRIALS OF AN ANGEL: Part 5 The Dawning
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Rare Ben Johnson - my poem of London Pride
They said he was crossed how they said he was crossed And rare Ben Johnson gave not a stuff He sang of the spirit of London's Great Fair Neat...
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The story of alms
Once upon a time, at a temple called Mercy, which was located on a mountaintop, there lived two monks. One was named AWAKEN. The other was named HAZY...
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Stream of Consciousness in a Time of Drought
"The relationship of humankind and it's sewers may not be the stuff of romance". I thought of this as the opening sentence of a tour de force Regency...
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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Two of Six)
Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/vale-shadow-king-part-one-six In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Two of Six) Standing in...
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Hurrah to the Waves
Waves undulating concealing sand dunes melting before water charging & determined towards the beach sandy bottoms covered by ebb’s movement once...
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Magical Mystery Tour Part 5 : Mission Accomplished (Into the Liverpool Docklands!) by Alfred N.Muggins Section 3
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24/8/22 There was a wonderful plateau of outside cafes and restaurants at the top of some very futuristic steps, after which they descended to a...
It's the year. . .
It’s the year 2117 and Orcas have taken over the world. They have become amphibious and adapted to walking on land with stout, tiny legs, although...
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I
want to be first to tell mama- I love her & give a big hug the squishy kind then climb into her lap & give a kid-kiss on her cheek.
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Chemo 9
Chemo 9 _ Effie, how could you do this to me? _ (softly) s’not me. Tis you. _ Don’t try to blame me. I emptied you at 12. I checked you at 4, and you...
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Alone
Alone With every fear filled step of dread Deeper into the darkness now I tread A lonely trail with no end in sight I blindly tread the eternal night...
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This Mortal Coil
This Mortal Coil This day I have the peace I prayed for Yesterday’s pleas seemed cold ignored My tears and aching soul cried a sad lament A new dawn...
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Unidentified Cosmos Girl
At University I attended a free Cosmos course. The course was run by a leading Professor in the Physics Department and was aimed at the unscientific...
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Ugly Puggly 80
I took a spoonful of lentil soup, tepid at best, but at least the caterers got the orangey colour right. It left my lips greasy and stained like a...
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Farewell Elizabeth
Farewell and Adieu, Queen Elizabeth As I watched several hours of Queen Elizabeth’s State Funeral this morning, I was taken by the full panoply of...
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A Provoked thought
A Provoked thought Often I wander with wonder my past six decades together my village where I was born the scenic beauties that, it, adorn the mini...
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