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Grimms 89
Del parks the Jaguar car, and pulls the handbrake, on the hill across from Clydebank College. ‘How many doors in the pub? he asks. ‘Two.’ Jaz pats...
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here be dragons
I always end up in the pub no one else drinks in, where a hot water tap in the toilet is regarded as a needless luxury, only poofs and people that...
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Grimms88
Jaz squats on his haunches at the door to the smelly cupboard in the lobby. Under the light of a thirty-watt bulb he inspects the Starr pistol in his...
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Penis Head Wilson
Penis Head Wilson was a normal kid. He knew he was. He liked playing outdoor games such as football with his pals, hide-and-seek and kick the can,...
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Grimms87
Rab finishes his pint and follows Jaz out of the pub. He feels woozy, as if he could lie down for a lunch-time nap. A few minutes’ walk through...
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I'm not sure what's happeing,
Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021
I'm not sure what's happeing, but that's the point.
Read full commentPosted in What is Buried at Thresholds
I guess there's bullying and
Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021
I guess there's bullying and bullying, but we can't use that word. Bureuacracy finds screens to hide behind. What's important isn't the individual, but protecting the system.
Read full commentPosted in The Department of Explaining
big guy often wins.
Posted on Wed, 20 Oct 2021
big guy often wins.
Read full commentPosted in A Sparrow
autumnal, makes us think of
Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021
autumnal, makes us think of the end of the begining. to slip away- depart, that's a start.
Read full commentPosted in Grounding Of Autumn
he does seem true-to-life.
Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021
he does seem true-to-life.
Read full commentPosted in Muggins and His Wife Mrs Muggins Venture into Town During the Third Pandemic Lockdown of January 2021 (to drop her son off at the Blood Donation centre (and walk the dog!) Part 1 : Return To Town
it's the almost that gets you
Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021
it's the almost that gets you. the unexplained.
Read full commentPosted in Esther Cox
ah, innnocence is us. or was.
Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021
ah, innnocence is us. or was.
Read full commentPosted in Innocents
great photo. great poem,
Posted on Mon, 11 Oct 2021
great photo. great poem, jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Secrets Of Wistman Woods
It's got a noirish feel,
Posted on Tue, 05 Oct 2021
It's got a noirish feel, whatever that means.
Read full commentPosted in Strangers on a Street
no journey too long or short,
Posted on Thu, 30 Sep 2021
no journey too long or short, Jenny, like your poem.
Read full commentPosted in Stone Loach
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