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flowers you made
I buried those knickers knuckle deep in the earth to cover the shame of my soul. Some things are bigger than how you remember them. Evictions used to...
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kick the can
I kick the can, cause I can Mothers’ handbags, like grief clutched to their breasts I kick the can cause I Their faces open, but closed in a wail...
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Ugly Puggly 99
Molly said if a job is worth doing it’s worth doing right, or something along those lines. It suited us both. She hadn’t trusted me to pack the...
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Ugly Puggly 98
‘You look nice,’ Dave told Molly. He wanted to take us out to dinner, but I’d said it was stupid and we could just eat in. I found myself glancing at...
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Ugly Puggly 97
‘How’d it go?’ wee Jim sprung up from his seat. He didn’t wait for an answer. He was already racing towards the door and out into the carpark as if...
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trains from Victorian times,
Posted on Wed, 18 Dec 2024
trains from Victorian times, Victorian lines criss-crossing the world. They still rule in some continents. The dinosaurs may return?
Read full commentPosted in They Seem To Be Alive (re-write)
settling in. Old
Posted on Tue, 17 Dec 2024
settling in. Old establishment and toilet paper. These are the things that made us great.
Read full commentPosted in The Last Night Chapter 19 Settling In
birds are amazing, living
Posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2024
birds are amazing, living poetry but much better.
Read full commentPosted in The Bower Flame Bird
Happy is relative unless we
Posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2024
Happy is relative unless we're children when it is absolute. Lots of love here.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Christmas (ii)
love is in the details.
Posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2024
love is in the details. Wonderful.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Christmas (i)
Ariel has wings, but I'm not
Posted on Sat, 14 Dec 2024
Ariel has wings, but I'm not so sure she can play minature golf.
Read full commentPosted in The Last Night Chapter 17 A Dirt Path
Wonderful storytelling. The
Posted on Sat, 14 Dec 2024
Wonderful storytelling. The sense of truth lies within.
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wonderfully evocative. A real
Posted on Fri, 13 Dec 2024
wonderfully evocative. A real Christmas treat (although it doesn't have to be Christmas).
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone (7) (i)
wonderful writing. We do know
Posted on Fri, 13 Dec 2024
wonderful writing. We do know. We do know.
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone (7) (ii)
I'm with Lennon and Yoko on
Posted on Thu, 12 Dec 2024
I'm with Lennon and Yoko on that one. 'No more war'. Siss too.
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