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The Zookeeper
All the animals look up to me because I am the zookeeper. I refuse to have it any other way. There’s a pecking order here. If you lose the battle,...
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Return from a hunt
We had just come back from a hunt. The women were cutting the flesh into bowls to give out to the village. The meat would last for a week. We had...
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My people
My people deserve better. We have drawn the short straw. We have been shunted from pillar to post. I can think of no other nation in history to have...
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My box
My box is something nice and comfortable with extra padding if I sit down too quickly or trip up on things in my path. If I fall I’ll always have...
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Growth
In the morning I am small, barely a shadow of my former self. I haven’t had a chance to grow. In the morning I can hardly even recognise me. I look...
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Lovely piece. Sweet steady
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
Lovely piece. Sweet steady and beguiling.
Read full commentPosted in The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh
I was in arambol and Varanasi
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
I was in arambol and Varanasi too Geoffrey
2004-5
Read full commentPosted in The Haunted Fort of Bhangarh
I enjoyed this alot. How
Posted on Fri, 22 Mar 2013
I enjoyed this alot. How about annoying people who point out insignificant typos on other people's work 7 years later ? :)
Julie Burchill with a 'U'
Read full commentPosted in Grumpy Old Man
Fixed!
Posted on Thu, 03 Sep 2020
Fixed!
And now I know you really do actually read these things.
Read full commentPosted in My life as an actor, part one
Very sweet and I can relate.
Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020
Very sweet and I can relate.
Read full commentPosted in Iriecat
Cherries are back in season!
Posted on Fri, 14 Feb 2020
Cherries are back in season! Hurrah!
Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King XLI
You’re a sweetie, darling!
Posted on Thu, 23 Jan 2020
You’re a sweetie, darling!
Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King XXII
Perusing? Surveying perhaps?
Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2016
Perusing? Surveying perhaps? I'm not sure but that verb is important especially because the rest of the line is so accurate
very nicely evoked
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I like this alot. Lots of
Posted on Tue, 31 May 2011
I like this alot. Lots of very good writing here, though sometimes a bit overblown in places.Read full commentPosted in 7. Haad Yao