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Creeping F-ing Jesus.
The old man pulls a crumpled hanky from the side pocket of his jacket, and blows his nose. He peers at his notes and then at us with watery grey eyes...
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Vermin
The gaunt old man in the pinstripe suit hovers over the microphone and starts speaking in a strange accent before they are ready. ‘It’s a ridiculous...
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Depression
I am what I am not That’s what I’ve been taught The timekeeper in my head keeps each tick of the day He feeds me guilt pain on not going away, again...
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dog days.
The washing machine sloshed and whirled, the edge of the dog blanket appeared and tumbled in on itself, before going into the spin cycle making the...
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What did Jesus do? 4
Peter the Apostle brought a more to life than life attitude and his faith was like flying fish. He couldn’t sit on his arse for a minute. We lit a...
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efficiently bet [but] with
Posted on Sat, 09 Mar 2024
efficiently bet [but] with fewer people.
sounds very like the bullshit management speak, but nicely balanced by birth(day).
Read full commentPosted in Keep the perspective
It's always nice to meet a
Posted on Fri, 08 Mar 2024
It's always nice to meet a dead person. Hopefully, it remains on the page. I'm quite keen on ghosts and ghostly goings on. But I'd rather it was somebody else's goings on.
Read full commentPosted in The Golden Fleece (Part Two of Two)
amen to that.
Posted on Tue, 05 Mar 2024
amen to that.
Read full commentPosted in Blind Faith
ah, pubs, prayer and witches,
Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024
ah, pubs, prayer and witches, may your potion not spoil.
Read full commentPosted in The Golden Fleece (Part One of Two)
wow, didn't understand a word
Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024
wow, didn't understand a word, but I'm agog.
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lovely pic, makes your heart
Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2024
lovely pic, makes your heart sing, as your words do too.
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Being human, what pain, what
Posted on Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Being human, what pain, what peril! I really liked this story, which is not a story, more a condition, a human condition. I remember Bucks Fizz. The blonde girls were very pretty. I can't remember if the song got to number 1, but it was a nice-...
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walking, dancing and prancing
Posted on Sun, 25 Feb 2024
walking, dancing and prancing, words on the page, set the stage. (does sound quite far though).
Read full commentPosted in The Fish Hawker
weeds or the world-unite-and
Posted on Sat, 24 Feb 2024
weeds or the world-unite-and rise up.
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seems too bad to be true, but
Posted on Sat, 24 Feb 2024
seems too bad to be true, but we all know. Some choose not to see.
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