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Love Story 21
Da groaned and leaned on me as he lowered himself to the floor and shut his eyes. ‘Don’t die, Da,’ I wailed as he sucked in each breath in and blew...
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Love Story 20
I wore my smartest clothes and shined my shoes before we set off to the Police Station at Hall Street. Nobody else hurrying along the canal in the...
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Love Story 19
I piled my shirt and trousers on the chair beside the window and crept shivering into bed with my socks on. Tossed and turned. Yawned, throwing my...
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children of the coming apocalypse
[Playtime] Close your eyes Cover your ears Don’t look for a reason To have reason And we’ll be in the clear We’re children of the coming apocalypse...
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Love Story 18
I zigzagged down the hill towards the phone box. It always smelled of pish as if somebody had used it a toilet, which they had from the damp stains...
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I sense an ending. Not that I
Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025
I sense an ending. Not that I've got any sense to spare. I've got even less emotional range than a robot, but, of course, more than a Tory, or god help us, a Trumpet.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 49
aye, it's of the I don't
Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2025
aye, it's of the I don't believe in ghosts but I'm still scared of them variety. seeing things.
Read full commentPosted in The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two
I've been out looking for
Posted on Thu, 16 Jan 2025
I've been out looking for Spencer. Alas no sucess. But I did find a charging cable. Maybe he has been here.
robots, cybors, chatgbt and pattern-recognition software such as Fakebook tend to give advice. Shampoo bottles don't. [edit your...
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sorry about your sorrow, if
Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025
sorry about your sorrow, if that makes sense?
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A sad ending.
Posted on Wed, 08 Jan 2025
A sad ending.
Read full commentPosted in "Before They Call, I Will Answer, While They Are Still Speaking, I Will Hear." Part Five.
There's a few statues of me
Posted on Tue, 07 Jan 2025
There's a few statues of me lying around somewhere. They've came to resemble very large rocks, but I don't mind. A statute of Jimmy Johnson outside Parkhead is awful. I guess what you're saying is about quality. We're agreed on that. Statutes of...
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It is an unholy land full of
Posted on Sun, 05 Jan 2025
It is an unholy land full of genocidial hate. No surprise the king of Persia would be regarded as a Palestinian refugee and jailed.
Read full commentPosted in Sojourn In Palestine (Welcome To Palestine!) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 2
'I'd like to teach the world
Posted on Sun, 05 Jan 2025
'I'd like to teach the world to sing'. That was an old Coke advert and the song went to number 1 (when number 1 was a big thing). Companies pay hundreds of thousands. No surprises.
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lots of people hate pigeons.
Posted on Sun, 05 Jan 2025
lots of people hate pigeons. call them flying rats. But I'm with you on that one. A bit of compassion.
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As always, I really like this
Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2025
As always, I really like this re-telling. It stands out.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Photographs
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