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huts 1 (rewrite)
The security guard with a pencil moustache, slides open the window of the lodge at the hospital gates and addresses me as ‘sir’. I’m given directions...
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the case for the prosecution
Every morning Papa Adams opened early to catch workmen before they started the early shift in the yard. He pushed her belly out like a pram and...
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school project
you purl kisses into a corner of eternity my body an empty bucket filling slowly from the tingle of teeth feet in a slow dance of time swell and the...
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everything I once knew
Everything I once knew Grows apart and forgotten Like some dull stick Scarred and mutilated. The need to believe in – hope Hopeless Hazy eyed and...
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Bible John 2
I clutch the handle of my holdall, with my purse secure inside. ‘I’m not sure,’ I say. I hold a leaflet out as a shield. ‘Perhaps she’ll get some of...
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embarrassment {another flush
Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2018
embarrassment {another flush of embracement at this} so many parents have Alzheimer's I'm sure there's more than a few who'd happily choke them too.
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maybe, but often they don't
Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2018
maybe, but often they don't get it.
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we're all trying to get on to
Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018
we're all trying to get on to a better path. Keep writing.
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rainbows are majestic, but
Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018
rainbows are majestic, but you need to be looking up. You were and are.
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conspiracy theories are great
Posted on Fri, 26 Oct 2018
conspiracy theories are great for uniting people. when common sense tells you soomething you've got to look again, but the lies people tell themselves are the most insidious of all. If we turn around the popular jib we use with politicians, 'why...
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anywhere is good, somewhere
Posted on Thu, 25 Oct 2018
anywhere is good, somewhere is better, you've taken us somewhere special.
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slipped, like an oyster, I
Posted on Wed, 24 Oct 2018
slipped, like an oyster, I like that.
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captivating and carries the
Posted on Sun, 21 Oct 2018
captivating and carries the glory of the world.
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nice one, and finished with a
Posted on Thu, 18 Oct 2018
nice one, and finished with a question. Did the durnk lady make the plane? Answers on a postcard.
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the inner child sometimes
Posted on Sun, 30 Sep 2018
the inner child sometimes gets lost or forgotten. we all need a little hand.
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