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twelve-noon-three
‘You mind if I smoke?’ Paddy rested his back against the headboard. He’d woken early, hadn’t really slept, had thought of sneaking away, but then...
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twelve-noon-two
Two things pissed Marie off, getting phone calls in the middle of the night and life in general. What made it worse was she’d been in a deep sleep,...
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twelve-noon-one
‘You getting a taxi?’ I asked, knowing the answer, turning away and sucking on a cigarette I’d ponsed. We were last out of the AA meeting because she...
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twelve noon
We’re all from the same place in AA, but met in the upper room of Partick Methodist Church. It needed the light on, even for a sparsely attended...
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two-faced
I pushed my glasses high to rest on my forehead and stared across the road. I saw her outside the paper shop on Dunbarton Road, recognised her by her...
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nicely done, a cameo of
Posted on Sat, 09 Apr 2022
nicely done, a cameo of frozen sleep and waking walking.
Read full commentPosted in Pet Sounds
our words matter most when we
Posted on Tue, 05 Apr 2022
our words matter most when we are made to matter least. bravo.
Read full commentPosted in Daisy Chain
we've all (well, most of us)
Posted on Wed, 06 Apr 2022
we've all (well, most of us) shed young skin. your poetry remains young.
Read full commentPosted in Amongst The Memories
morbidity is an interesting
Posted on Tue, 05 Apr 2022
morbidity is an interesting word with many routes. I guess it's whittling you down. Keep writing from the front line.
Read full commentPosted in Janus Look 6
yeh, courage in small doses.
Posted on Sun, 27 Mar 2022
yeh, courage in small doses. Writing it up as you go. As Rich reminded me, only the pure of heart live forever.
Read full commentPosted in Janus Look 4
this reaches right inside you
Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022
this reaches right inside you and tugs.
Read full commentPosted in The Wanderer or The Exile’s Lament
'danger boundary' feels a bit
Posted on Wed, 30 Mar 2022
'danger boundary' feels a bit out of tune. But the rest rings Pah.
Read full commentPosted in The Legend of the Pah - 2 (S T Vasectomy Clinic)
I was told to take our
Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022
I was told to take our readings as well. Online said it was too busy and put them in later...
Read full commentPosted in A Stitch In Time, Saves Eighteen.
I think Putin miscaluculated
Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022
I think Putin miscaluculated. He'll never admit it, of course. Too many western politicians bought and paid for, including Ukrainians (Gasprom deal).
Read full commentPosted in Russian Propaganda! by Alfred N(azi?) Muggins
famine does stalk the land,
Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022
famine does stalk the land, unfortunately not just in fairy tales.
Read full commentPosted in Into the Woods (Hansel and Gretel)
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