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new shoes from the Sally Army
I want I was I am Scratchin in a Sally Army that echoes like a tin can Drinkin the final day Gold star for being clean The obsession standoffish the...
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Huts IX
I poke and pick and ease my tongue into a hole where a tooth should be, but that doesn’t stop me smiling when the day shift lets go of me. I take the...
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carpe diem
At a personal level I don’t like funerals much. Life everlasting gets a trifle wearing. Leave it the professionals and all that. I brief the priest...
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Trigger
Homes built by spread sheets Sterling flows half-level to half level Splitsection soundaspace Stuck-up tower blocks. Designed by gods Jean or Jacques...
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thank-you notes
I wrote thank-you notes as a child. A thick HB3 pencil in my chubby mit. The pencil sharpener on the teacher’s desk, head height, was a big thing...
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nothing changes, steal from
Posted on Wed, 30 Jan 2019
nothing changes, steal from the poor to give to the rich. 2019 to 1979. Thatcher/Reagan.
Read full commentPosted in The Husbandry Of Youth
under the nod - great term,
Posted on Wed, 30 Jan 2019
under the nod - great term, sums up so much. Great story, keep moving. Storey is the British spelling for housing. You've got story, if that's American English that's fine. Otherwise, have another look.
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I'd ditch the first 3
Posted on Tue, 29 Jan 2019
I'd ditch the first 3 paragrapsh, but the rest is the walk of life. yeh, I found it funny my mate's dad like Dire Straits. Dirge I thought. But I was never into music. Brooksy made of glass. Doomed. Dire, I know, but brilliant.
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yeh, we were always tougher
Posted on Fri, 25 Jan 2019
yeh, we were always tougher back in the old days. or so the story goes...
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as we get older the world
Posted on Fri, 25 Jan 2019
as we get older the world spins quicker.
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it's a bit too deep for me,
Posted on Thu, 24 Jan 2019
it's a bit too deep for me, but I liked your brevity. Keep it going.
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god, I'm with you on this one
Posted on Wed, 23 Jan 2019
god, I'm with you on this one Hilary. But a plea to Donald Trump is time wasted. The legacy we shall leave our children and grandchildren is drought, wars, hunger and all those other apocalyptic horses that Trump and his supporters think aren't...
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sounds a bit like one of the
Posted on Mon, 21 Jan 2019
sounds a bit like one of the Hindu gods.
Read full commentPosted in Life and Times of a Priestess: Ch.11 : Dumis (Part 1 - Section 2)
I hope the poor wee soul is
Posted on Thu, 17 Jan 2019
I hope the poor wee soul is in a good place. Her parents were middle-class and photogenic. That helped fire the media uproar. And as we know from many studies, they staying together is unusual. The guilt they carry, who but they know?
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I can see the problem. And I
Posted on Mon, 24 Dec 2018
I can see the problem. And I can see the solution. But I've just not got enough sticky tape to join them together.
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