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Film in the night sky

[from our garden, north Herefordshire 11/8/20] A realm lights up in the sky momentarily, between cloud mountains: gone in a flash, but reappearing...
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Casual conversations
The profanities erupt like casual conversation between old and tired people the world had mistook for lovers 5 second bursts of anger do not make...
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"The Only Honest Answer" Mr Martínez Nine

Ok I promise something will happen or be revealed soon, but hey, we're only 8000 words in. What if I wanted to get to 80,000? Image stolen from Bar Poligono 's facebook page, I don't even know where it is! Anyway, I expect the link to their facebook page will drive hundreds of customers to their business.
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Desire

The bones trembled in desire Hearts were never torn by this fire Burning our skin with every touch Not wanting, but wanting it all As our lips met...
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Southport Days with Shirley
[this is a long piece - forms a trilogy (part two has been posted here as a 'stand alone' and is popular as a performance piece) the whole thing is...
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My Dear Friend

I saw it in your eyes The way you looked at me wasn't the same As yesterday when I held you by my side, Tell me it's okay, I don't want to wait in...
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Be
so close to your wife a whisper could not get between you.
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This Is My House
, This Is My House by Paul McCann This is my house with all that I own, The bits and pieces that make a home . My daughters ashes inside a box , The...
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How does the little beetle spring?

More than 200g g-force experienced at take-off (– extremely extreme); and each time it can jump over 200 times its body length, (like a man jumping...
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For Miranda

For Miranda picture me as Whistler’s Mother , arranged in black and grey watching a magic-lantern shadow-show ‘ recherche du temps perdu’ us...
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Disenchantment 12
It had been several days of ill luck, decided Detective Hornblende, that didn’t favor Persephone Phileus. The missing persons department wasn’t...
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Mother Of The World
. Mother Of The World By Paul McCann Mother of the world the child you brought upon the Earth was heaven sent , Jesus was his name . Mother of the...
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No Regrets
Nothing must stamp upon the faith I bear. I must have no regrets nor sympathy for those forces which see my chinks to reform in scales of justice:...
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sempre Lisboa
out of margarine dry toast for breakfast half a can of beans instant coffee, black - milk’s on the turn I live alone - since I blew it with Esther...
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Like Sheep

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Wandering far for lusher grass, sheep cannot give thought to the bogs and pits they pass where they could get caught. Need a Shepherd to control, where they drift and roam …
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Brendan, a surprise encounter

a shock bumping into O’Byrne this morning at the Co-op unloading a basket of freesias, Parma violets, Müller yogurts, tinned prunes, custard, and...
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This Is For You
. This Is For You By Paul McCann You made time to see me when I needed you too and you gave me attention when I spoke to you . Something in your...
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