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Grimms 100
Bedcovers deaden Tony’s hearing, seals him in the tomb of his dreams, but when he sticks his head out of his bed, he’s alive to the wind rattling...
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Grimms 99
‘Weet, weet,’ says an man at the bar, the cuffs of his gabardine coat falling down his thin wrist as he necks down the last of a Grouse whisky. ‘Aye...
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Grimms 98
Three boys shuffle into the pub through the swing doors, tagged together, a little cortege of platform shoes and high-waist bands bigger than their...
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Grimms 97
Jaz’s handler is waiting for him underneath the clock and the monument of remembrance. A gold-leaf list of the Clydebank dead from the First and...
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Grimms 96
At the top of the Cressie Stairs, just before Angela crosses the road to go to school, she bends away, follows the black train of crows in the sky...
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the intimacy of listening is
Posted on Thu, 18 Nov 2021
the intimacy of listening is showen.
Read full commentPosted in The Solitude of Sleep
cherries are plastic, I don't
Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021
cherries are plastic, I don't know if that's organic. But look on the bright side they'll be here longer than us.
Read full commentPosted in ECOCIDE
Mother Connelly struck down
Posted on Wed, 17 Nov 2021
Mother Connelly struck down by eczema. In one verson of the Christ story, He has bad skin. I wonder if that's what you refer to?
Read full commentPosted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 13
our trees, as we remember
Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021
our trees, as we remember them, until they become a memory.
Read full commentPosted in Thoughts Of An Oak Tree's Spirit
the dead sleep as bones, I do
Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021
the dead sleep as bones, I do that too. It's nice to look and be able to also listen on audio.
Read full commentPosted in When November Comes (with audio)
Nothing can go wrang that
Posted on Fri, 12 Nov 2021
Nothing can go wrang that will go wrong. Carpe Diem, aye.
Read full commentPosted in Arabian Monkfish (Part Two)
The[n] sat on his folded-out
Posted on Sat, 13 Nov 2021
The[n] sat on his folded-out bed,
the Polish family under him, banging something loud off their ceiling.[banging the ceiling {if he can hear the noise it's loud. No need to add loud]
Read full commentPosted in Aloha from Roscarrig - an excerpt from Crowe II, (wip) 2021
there's lots of action and
Posted on Sat, 13 Nov 2021
there's lots of action and the mytical beings come to life.
Read full commentPosted in Disenchantment 43
shell shock and PTSD, the
Posted on Fri, 12 Nov 2021
shell shock and PTSD, the same sadness.
Read full commentPosted in Old Soldiers
my fate is to faollow too.
Posted on Mon, 08 Nov 2021
my fate is to faollow too.
Read full commentPosted in Inspired Walk
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