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R&D 5
They stood waiting. The first gulls met the day with their ragged crying over the tenement rooftops, the boards on the pier slick underfoot. Fog...
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genesis
Rage does not go away It turns outward or inward Rage does not go away It creates hung-faced horrors of us all Rage does not go away It roots itself...
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standing outside the window.
Book of Job 17: My days are past, my purposes are broken off, I miss me. even the thoughts of my heart. The way I used to be. They change the night...
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Naming Tree
To know is to name To name is to grow To remember and show To change what we know To connect what we cannot see To create history and language and...
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Rust and Dust 4
The Tink stamped his feet against the cold. Lit a Woodbine. A packet of five from his jacket pocket. Smoked the edge off the day and blew it between...
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Well both could raise the
Posted on Fri, 14 Nov 2025
Well both could raise the dead, or you'd die trying.
Read full commentPosted in Saturday Night's Alright for Peaches
I never sing in the car as
Posted on Sun, 02 Nov 2025
I never sing in the car as somebody might be listening and it might well be me. Singing in the bus is entierly different. Nobody wants you to sing. But you've a constitpishinable right to pish everybody off.
Read full commentPosted in Ardara Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Whatever the question was,
Posted on Wed, 05 Nov 2025
Whatever the question was, the answer is absolutely. I'm no music man. I don't know any of those artists. But Bloody Mother Fucking Arsehole. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely.
Read full commentPosted in Calling All Angels
I understand your pain.
Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025
I understand your pain. Although, of course, I'm too busy understanding my own pain. I'm reading about contagion and infection rates and mathematical modelling. Books are like that. Well, not mine. Or not yours. But we can only hope.
Read full commentPosted in You are surprised as a published writer…
AI is a worry, among others.
Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025
AI is a worry, among others. Poetry may be the answer.
Read full commentPosted in Perverse Future
The love robot rivals and now
Posted on Fri, 18 Apr 2025
The love robot rivals and now Cedric has a screw loose (metaphorically) of course.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 58
wow. exactly. I once gave a
Posted on Tue, 18 Feb 2025
wow. exactly. I once gave a talk and one of my lines were: Everybody was allowed to hit you. And they'd think of a good reason for it later.
Aye.
Read full commentPosted in A series of horses decreasing in size
cybermates, Spencer and
Posted on Fri, 10 Jan 2025
cybermates, Spencer and tweezers. It's all gadgets going.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 47
aha. Spencer reaps revenge
Posted on Thu, 02 Jan 2025
aha. Spencer reaps revenge for his bad wiring! We need some scary music. Dddddddddddddddddddd.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 46
great stuff. good definitions
Posted on Fri, 04 Oct 2024
great stuff. good definitions of sheep singular and plural. They replaced people in large parts of the Highlands and Island, while not being very large. My guess is Spencer and his ilk will do the same with us.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you....Part 36
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