celticman
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chord in red
Stay faithful to the word You knew all along You knew all along Stay faithful to the word And what you knew to be And what you knew to be Will reveal...
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panjandrums
I’d wrapped up for a winter walk with woolly hat and gloves even though it was just the beginning of May. Clydebank meteorological charts being...
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cold meats
Jack-knifed on a ring-road Empty eyes and womb done Like a shut butcher’s shop But without recall – a shrine Memories of it all Streets and schools...
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#Child of Mine
A pearl of irregular shade At the heart of grief There’s a thief Who stole your breath – away And yet To commiserate, to celebrate Fragments of...
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twelve-noon-eight
In the early hours, a ghostly presence in a billowing black dress with sleeves gathered at the cuff, Sarah pushed heavy furniture aside and hoovered...
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I'm not sure there's much
Posted on Mon, 14 Nov 2022
I'm not sure there's much good news either. Sigh.
Read full commentPosted in at bay
aye, for the King.
Posted on Mon, 14 Nov 2022
aye, for the King.
Read full commentPosted in King & Queens.
Louix IX was disembowled, set
Posted on Mon, 14 Nov 2022
Louix IX was disembowled, set on fire and pulled apart by horses. He never tried to nick the monarch with a penknife again.
Read full commentPosted in King & Queens.
we forget the past at our
Posted on Sun, 06 Nov 2022
we forget the past at our peril. Already done, I'm afraid.
Read full commentPosted in On Ainley Top Looking Down
pain in the arse. If I hear a
Posted on Fri, 11 Nov 2022
pain in the arse. If I hear a connection and background noise, I cut them off before they start on their shite.
Read full commentPosted in Life Insurance.
the tally angel was busy with
Posted on Wed, 09 Nov 2022
the tally angel was busy with accounting. I guess we're not masters of our destiny, but we can do good things along the way as you have shown. Some people take the negatives. Trump, for example. There's nothing worth saving with the moron's moron...
Read full commentPosted in The Last Door
we travel your road.
Posted on Mon, 07 Nov 2022
we travel your road.
Read full commentPosted in They've Closed the Road
angels, hazmat suits and
Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022
angels, hazmat suits and cream cakes, what's not to like?
Read full commentPosted in The Night Angels of the Cake Factory Cream Room
bit of Rabbie Burns to a
Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022
bit of Rabbie Burns to a mouse, to a louse, to a pear.
Read full commentPosted in to a pear
poetry and a plan.
Posted on Fri, 04 Nov 2022
poetry and a plan.
Read full commentPosted in Old
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