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Memento Mori
You’re frightened by time Last frolics of fading white lies Risky, holding facts You drop them from your dry lips Search for them on the floor...
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Sean Happens 11
‘You can’t kill The Spider as easy as that,’ said Miss Dill. ‘He was already dead in a way. He was born without a soul.’ Mr Martin pursed his lips. ‘...
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Sean Happens 10
Tiredness and fag smoke glazed Sean’s eyes. He was falling asleep leaning against the work surface, but he wouldn’t give into it or go to bed. His...
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Sean Happens 9
Mr Martin gave Sean a little nudge on the back of his shoulder. ‘Go on then,’ he said. Mum stepped out to meet him. ‘So this is yer little friends,’...
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Sean Happens 8
'He dropped me off around the corner from my house. I stood holding open the car door to prolong the moment, but I couldn’t think of anything good...
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Thanks insert. I'm glad you
Posted on Thu, 03 Apr 2025
Thanks insert. I'm glad you're still reading.
Sorry Jenny, two timelines. One is the pub. The other is 1936, Nazi Germany. If you look very closely you'll see the characters are the same or similair. Steelie is Von Stehle. Mole is Brodie...
Read full commentPosted in Steelie 15
you've turned feeling or lack
Posted on Thu, 03 Apr 2025
you've turned feeling or lack of it, into words that carry us with him and his hopelessness. Well done.
Read full commentPosted in The Young Man
maybe Di, I don't know. I'm
Posted on Sun, 23 Mar 2025
maybe Di, I don't know. I'm kinda just guessing and hoping it doesn't show too much and trying to find a path that begins and ends with a plot.
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A guy jumped off the Erskine
Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024
A guy jumped off the Erskine Bridge last week (usually it's not reported as it encourages others). Many of the comments blamed immigrants. We, the working class, lost the propanganda war. We get Trump and Putin holding hands. We get hate, hate,...
Read full commentPosted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)
ah, Cedric. The story has
Posted on Fri, 28 Mar 2025
ah, Cedric. The story has been told mostly from Vanessa's point of view. Now we're getting a bored and jealous Spencer. He sounds human. The ongoing mystery of what Cedric is up to-- good enough to eat.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you - Part 56
Precious paper. Unprecious
Posted on Sat, 29 Mar 2025
Precious paper. Unprecious life.
Read full commentPosted in The days are packed
our water is safe and clean.
Posted on Tue, 25 Mar 2025
our water is safe and clean. bottled water is money down the drain (literally). untreated water kills more children than bombs.
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rain is life. a few well
Posted on Sun, 23 Mar 2025
rain is life. a few well-placed words can be too.
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great stuff. All of us need a
Posted on Sat, 22 Mar 2025
great stuff. All of us need a rubber duck.
Read full commentPosted in So glad you made it
wait and listen.
Posted on Fri, 21 Mar 2025
wait and listen.
Read full commentPosted in Well, I Will Go To The Foot Of Our Stairs!
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