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I long for her to be Upstairs tucked in like me But not me Anybody but— – to know I’m doing OK Not mad Just be glad – When you turn off your tv...
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Huts Xish
After work my luck doesn’t change. On my way home I slide on a wet standing stones in the burn, and batter my knee off a submerged rock. I juggle...
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new shoes from the Sally Army
I want I was I am Scratchin in a Sally Army that echoes like a tin can Drinkin the final day Gold star for being clean The obsession standoffish the...
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Huts IX
I poke and pick and ease my tongue into a hole where a tooth should be, but that doesn’t stop me smiling when the day shift lets go of me. I take the...
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carpe diem
At a personal level I don’t like funerals much. Life everlasting gets a trifle wearing. Leave it the professionals and all that. I brief the priest...
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stolent moments can be sweet.
Posted on Wed, 20 Sep 2017
stolent moments can be sweet.
Read full commentPosted in The Journey
yep, often wonder how women
Posted on Sat, 16 Sep 2017
yep, often wonder how women walk on those heels. heads in the clouds
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yep, I guess so
Posted on Sat, 16 Sep 2017
yep, I guess so
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I'm not sure why you call it
Posted on Fri, 15 Sep 2017
I'm not sure why you call it document 1. I guess there'll be other documents. This has the makings of a good apocalyptic story (like the Road) but I feel there is too much explaining from the unseen narrator goiong on and the action is a...
Read full commentPosted in Document 1
I'm surprised anybody that
Posted on Sun, 20 Aug 2017
I'm surprised anybody that isn't rich can live in London. Two-thirds of most poor folk's wages go on rent. How is that possible? Existence? Well, I guess your non-English dad and mum saw the reality of Primo Levi's If This is a Man, or indeed...
Read full commentPosted in Outcomes of my Dad's recent Funeral in London
a saw-toothed landscape yet
Posted on Sat, 19 Aug 2017
a saw-toothed landscape yet something slightly scary but a beauty shinies through.
Read full commentPosted in Un Dia en Las Palmas
the seasons lead us and we
Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2017
the seasons lead us and we follow on drfiting through time.
Read full commentPosted in Seasons
yeh, kids stuff and their
Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2017
yeh, kids stuff and their little ways.
Read full commentPosted in Tapper
a joy to the heart indeed.
Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2017
a joy to the heart indeed.
Read full commentPosted in Amazed
There are more people who are
Posted on Fri, 11 Aug 2017
There are more people who are homeless and the same amount of the beds. [deled the beds. egMore homeless and the same number of beds
a familiar tune Elise, less money which need to go further, but doesn't. Wages drop and some corporation...
Read full commentPosted in 2002-05 My memories of working at a hostel for homeless men
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