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I have 1183 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2760370 times and 1210 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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feet of clay

Antiquated face, representation of a powerful race Held rigid by Parkinson’s He could no longer quip And give opponents the slip Champion of the...

sui generis

To see what others see Something not like me Scrounger and benefits none Council-house scum Burn them out, job done Boring, stupid, cringe worthy Fat...
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Gold cherry
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Most folk called her Pet

Pet held up and out a bent strip of cardboard, which was difficult to read in the rain, ‘London,’ block capitals, in blue marker pen. The sign...
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Cherry

Le Cock: My Struggle.

I’m reading ‘The International Literary Phenomenon’, Some Rain Must Fall: My Struggle, Book 5 , by Karl Ove Knausgaard. Cliché after cliché so it...
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Cherry

ghosts not spirits

The pale green Audi with a ladder strapped to the roof jerks to a stop in the angled strip of road before the bus stop and the Irish Pope bursts into...

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1679 of my comments have received 1713 Great Feedback votes

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lights up a few dark holes. 

Posted on Sun, 16 Sep 2018

lights up a few dark holes. 

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Posted in Tangerine static

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yes, indeed, no confusion

Posted on Sat, 08 Sep 2018

yes, indeed, no confusion here. Only words of wisdom. mind's eye crystal clear is a bit cliched. Apart from that wonderful. 

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Posted in Feeling Confused about Time

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an awareness of other's

Posted on Sat, 01 Sep 2018

an awareness of other's plights is a kind of wisdom and the begining of healing. 

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Posted in Someone Died Today (2)

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life is thinking out loud.

Posted on Sun, 22 Jul 2018

life is thinking out loud. and laughing (sometimes). 

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Posted in HERE I SIT

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sometimes we forget how much

Posted on Tue, 03 Jul 2018

sometimes we forget how much we have. pack what you can hold sums up our riches. 

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Posted in Go Now

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yes, hopefully it will always

Posted on Tue, 26 Jun 2018

yes, hopefully it will always be like this, or at least for a while.

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Posted in a break from hoovering

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watch out for cliches, like

Posted on Sun, 03 Jun 2018

watch out for cliches, like 'turned up trumps' (especially with the monstrosity of a Trump that trumps most cliches). wolf and stuck pig. rougher end. gotten so deep. phoney war. most trusted confidantes  

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Posted in Through War & Adversity - Chapter 3 - Part I

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I wanted to know more. Really

Posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2018

I wanted to know more. Really enjjoyed reading it. 

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Posted in Something Hard Inside Him (Part 2)

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slides from metaphor to

Posted on Thu, 12 Apr 2018

slides from metaphor to madness and evil with spring-heeled ease. 

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Posted in Big Cat

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yeh, captures that remebrance

Posted on Sat, 07 Apr 2018

yeh, captures that remebrance of things lost and people lost too in their own home and in their mind. 

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Posted in Visiting Mom

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