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Ugly Puggly 75
Some dirty bastard had been sick in the close, on the first steps to the half-landing. It stuck to the wall and the pitted surface of the stair. A...
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Ugly Puggly 74
We did a lot of crying in the kitchen, in the living room and even in the bedroom. Dave got my bedroom. And Molly let me sleep beside her and cuddled...
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Ugly Puggly 73
They say when your near death your life rushes up to meet you. I’d a memory of being tamped down like a new bit of turf on top of another body. He...
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Ugly Puggly 72
Ugly Puggly’s house was familiar and unfamiliar as an aged aunt. We crept up four stairs near the door, looking and listening like kids learning the...
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Ugly Puggly 71
Rain bounced off pavements and roads, but it had mostly stopped when I caught up with Ugly Puggly. I didn’t have a jacket on and was drookit and...
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I feel no great sense of
Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024
I feel no great sense of relief that the Tories (hopefully) will be gone. Labour are not Tories. But it's that old undergraduate argument, spot the difference? Labour are not Labour. More wishy-washy pish, while the poor still get poorer and the...
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Ah, we are carbon creatures,
Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024
Ah, we are carbon creatures, unmaster of the elements. Beauty is as good a destination as any and better than some. Imagine being born a Tory (no don't, it may scar you).
Read full commentPosted in This Rose Garden
My dad loved Malta because it
Posted on Sun, 23 Jun 2024
My dad loved Malta because it was Catholic and boiling hot. I'm pretty sure most cruise ships are bigger than the Titanic. Inflation at sea. These boats are mini-cities. They stopped building them as big as major cities during and after Covid-19...
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poetry sometimes passes us by
Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024
poetry sometimes passes us by but some sticks, like now.
Read full commentPosted in Dirge for another year gone by
I hate the Tory scum. simple.
Posted on Wed, 19 Jun 2024
I hate the Tory scum. simple.
Read full commentPosted in Now Is The Summer Of Our Discontent
you see what so many see, but
Posted on Mon, 17 Jun 2024
you see what so many see, but differently. 1000 miles of water and America, no longer that far. No longer dreamt.
Read full commentPosted in West of Ireland
wow. Hunting the wren. That
Posted on Fri, 14 Jun 2024
wow. Hunting the wren. That was something new I learned. Poor women of the Famine. Thanks.
Read full commentPosted in The Hunting of the Wren
I didn't know the devil had a
Posted on Tue, 11 Jun 2024
I didn't know the devil had a daugther, Lucy. I knew about the hangliding. Seen him once. soaring over my roof. Wasn't sure whether to wave or not. I might have been tempted to ask for my soul back too.
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yes the world does seem
Posted on Mon, 10 Jun 2024
yes the world does seem crueler. maybe that's because I get older, I notice more.
Read full commentPosted in Alfred Muggins’ Easter Holiday by Alfred N.Muggins Part 2
Spencer is stealth mode is
Posted on Fri, 07 Jun 2024
Spencer is stealth mode is (as you know) the problem facing humanity. If AI joins the dots we're pretty much fucked, without the sexual function...
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