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Summer Day
oh what a lovely day today is the sun is out shining down no more grey clouds around such a blue blue sky it is never-ending flowers are in bloom you...
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Barbed Wire Disease
A one mile queue in the car lane all the way down the hill bus lane so empty you could roll an apple down it. But we’re just soppy lemmings Ready for...
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The moon is a stolen soul
Trapped in the heavens With heavenly solitude Lost in thoughts Where lies lost the countenance of beauty Lonely and broken This tension is the music...
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Janus 13
Yesterday as my daughter was driving me to the hospital to get the results of my breast biopsies, she said, “How are you feeling? What are you...
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The mayfly
You are anything but transient...
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Ugly Puggly 29
Ugly Puggly stared into space. Dave stroking the back of his neck, brought him out of his reverie. ‘I need the money,’ he said, ‘to place a bet.’ ‘...
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Ole Cap'n Pete
If I were to meet someone who thought of me how I thought of Ole Cap’n Pete, surely I’d never leave. But he left us, left us in a tree. Believe me...
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Leadership from the sporting crowd
“Where Have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?” Over the years, I have watched several prominent politicians refer to America as “That shining city on the hill...
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Upheaval
Rainwater floods upon itself - far too long layered in its cocoon of space then flees from a river-bed sanctuary channel mishmash of mud and stone...
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"All around my hat"
Nothing changes. Thanks to Kilb50 for muse
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Ugly Puggly 28
We trooped down the stairs, out of breath and excited, as if we’d just returned from a long cross-country run. Ugly Puggly had that distant look, as...
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Alfred Muggins’ Holiday In Marmaris 2022 : Part 2 : The Agreement With Mrs Muggins (Toyships On The Black Sea!)
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11/5/22 ‘Anyway! I do digress (as always!). Why do I get so carried away? I do not know.’ Alfred had promised Mrs Muggins faithfully that he would...
This dream can't be over
He looks at her she looks at him this dream cant be over they did not have a four-leaf clover to wish upon she look at him and saw the stress on his...
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Happy Weary Industry
Labourers wearily industrious in farm, field and hill - will they more leisure gain if machines take the strain? Industrial revolution. Folks flock...
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Ugly Puggly 27
We’d the pole stuck in the ground, falling sideways at the front of the house with a FOR SALE sign. The latest ruse was to add the name of the...
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S T Vasectomy Clinic - 9
Wednesday was a late night opening at the clinic, for professionals who were too important to take time out from their working day. Cece usually...
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Alfred Muggins’ Holiday In Marmaris 2022 : Part 1 : Holiday Delays and Invasions
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11/5/22 The Day before had been quite terrible in its earlier stages due to the pressure of not having everything quite ready for the holiday...
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Ugly Puggly 26
‘It’ll no take us long if we work as a team,’ Ugly Puggly picked up a ladder from the side of the building. Both aluminium ladders seem much the same...
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A Girl That Asked Sheep
Down in that valley Lived little Ms. Sally Tending to her three sheep Full of cheer that heap With the rise of the sun came a man In his hand was a...
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Things we used to say, remember?
Howdy, howdy. Make your own mind up. Think for yourself. Don't let me tell you what to do. We've got bags of time. The world is your oyster. The...
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