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Barbed Wire Disease
A one mile queue in the car lane all the way down the hill bus lane so empty you could roll an apple down it. But we’re just soppy lemmings Ready for...
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See it, Say it, Sort it
Dirt riddled cages bustle the almost blind through dirt encrusted tunnels to stations where the dirt still can’t be seen. Changing lines walking...
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I often concern myself
I often concern myself with Why she loves me But it’s a pointless exercise When a good woman’s love is as unwavering as a sparrow’s wing to its young...
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Where there’s no truth there’s no crime
There’s a sad, ominous prescience hanging in the air. With the sickness seed sown and settled in, the world’s flowery persona has wilted into a...
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Some things can never be replaced
I lost the tooth last night Been dreading it ever since The dentist put it in. A grand A whole grand for a bridge Not even an implant. Said he had a...
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Great stream of thought. How
Posted on Sat, 05 Dec 2015
Great stream of thought. How about doing two endings, one as is and then one (following in three lines) as t' t'other part of the psyche? What I'm finding very late on as usual is that men and women are more or less the same in mind minus a few...
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I'm thinking Jonathan Rendall
Posted on Mon, 15 Jun 2015
I'm thinking Jonathan Rendall already and I haven't read past the first para. Lovely
Read full commentPosted in My gals call me Sweet Dick
Made me giggle. Good to see
Posted on Mon, 04 May 2015
Made me giggle. Good to see you back
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Sadness is just an untimely
Posted on Fri, 17 Apr 2015
Sadness is just an untimely side-effect without which happiness would not exist, so here's to sadness. Lovely grub.
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Super stuff.
Posted on Sat, 04 Apr 2015
Super stuff.
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Glee into a window seat
Giffnock the place where mill
Simply but expensively
Print jeans. Should
Woman (women?)
Like a traffic warden, guided
Where's the toilet, hen?...
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This shows amazing character
Posted on Thu, 26 Mar 2015
This shows amazing character and strength of will. It's strange how a negative aspect of life can be such an empowering shaper and builder to a better future. One thing I've learnt recently is that permission comes from within and the best...
Read full commentPosted in Mama
Wow, this is excellent
Posted on Thu, 26 Mar 2015
Wow, this is excellent writing that exposes the trauma of poverty with murky depth and bright clarity. Looking forward to more
Read full commentPosted in March/26/2015
Love it, PT. Just about says
Posted on Tue, 24 Mar 2015
Love it, PT. Just about says it all in a nutshell. I remember visiting my dad in Cape Town and going to the local Pick n Pay supermarket (from where he was once banned for turning up at the precise time that the pastries were marked down in price...
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Is that of Roehampton, Tina?
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2015
Is that of Roehampton, Tina? It reminded me of there alot and the ending says alot too. There's only one way to block it all out.
Read full commentPosted in The Beat Goes On
Nice touch at the end. The
Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2015
Nice touch at the end. The mind's a powerful thing and sometimes when I'm dreaming and I wake up, I don't know which is reality and which is dream.
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