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The Challenge: write a story from the point of view of a cigarette

A Story Of Child Abuse

The sick bastard would get changed into something easy, then open a beer The sound of him gulping alcohol would just uplift her fear
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Her Rucksack

For Ashley
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Paper Proof

Paper Proof (4th April, 2011) Raw pain like an itch I can’t reach, so close, on the inside; it’s where I breathe, deep; it’s where my heart beats. These words are not for your ears
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Rain Blood

Rain Blood (4th April, 2011) This is the kitchen of memories; broken china pieces under bare feet of crying babies. Don’t sweep before you grieve; the door swings open like
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Diary of a twenty-first century son

You’re nicest to me on Facebook but I’ve seen the secrets in your embrace, when bones bust out of your body but then –
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Failure to Launch

Fred Linden is fixing his daughter, Alison, up on a blind date with the man of his dreams.

THE CHOSEN ONES ( PART SIXTEEN )

Nathen gets to know the child.
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Weeping In Front of Ducks

In Jephson Gardens on a spry spring day I wept in front of ducks And as I wept the scene of sobs Embroidered a stillness so impeccable The council must inspect it twice a week.

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