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A song for Europe - part three
We begin with our apologies The song that we hum - justify I’m not the only one Whose looks matter History in a jar Skull beneath the slit Tells us...
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the things that we buy and don't know why?
The thought came like a First World War telegram – he assumed that she’d thought his family were marvellous. His mother was short and plump as a...
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Forbidden Fruit.
‘Put your false teeth in,’ I said, ‘maybe then they’ll believe in you and believe in your prophecies more’. Old Joe had taken up a position between...
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Blood is thicker than water
Rain splatters the pavement when I set out. My sister, Teresa, doesn’t live far, but then the moon isn’t that far, and I don’t particularly want to...
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A song for Europe 2
Cry off negotiation Cut up small Snatch a breath Will she-won’t he? Luck of the draw Those who survive Those who died Word of mouth Mouth on mouth...
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yep, it rocks like a western
Posted on Fri, 26 Aug 2016
yep, it rocks like a western shoot-out.
Read full commentPosted in The Crimson wake vii dark revelations
wonderful story telling
Posted on Thu, 18 Aug 2016
wonderful story telling slinkygirl and really believeable narrator, or should I say narrators, because we are all more than one person, as to angels, well only the devil knows the truth of that.
Read full commentPosted in Eighteen part one
nice rhyme, nice time and a
Posted on Sat, 13 Aug 2016
nice rhyme, nice time and a Bermondsey boy returned to his roots and you've made his wrold known.
Read full commentPosted in BERMONDSEY BOY (LONDON)
thanks torscott, I'm not sure
Posted on Wed, 10 Aug 2016
thanks torscott, I'm not sure I can take any more misery.
Read full commentPosted in Ernie at the edge of the world
yeh, I sometimes imagine
Posted on Tue, 02 Aug 2016
yeh, I sometimes imagine places are like batteries or reservoirs, holding onto energy.
Read full commentPosted in The Cobbe house iv Aftermath
good luck with this ladylily.
Posted on Sun, 31 Jul 2016
good luck with this ladylily.
Read full commentPosted in Bermondsey to Basra Battlefronts.
I'm a bit dense too seashore.
Posted on Sun, 24 Jul 2016
I'm a bit dense too seashore. clumsy, a form of justification, almost a cliche, a throwway liine that comes before, Allahu Akbar and throws away lives. I've actually convinced myself that's what I meant, whiich is quite impressive for me.
Read full commentPosted in Tribe
gets you on the rebound.
Posted on Thu, 21 Jul 2016
gets you on the rebound. There's a jump in the point of view from the narrator to that of the dogs watching him, in the first parargraph. It's a forecful imaged. Just meat. But incongrouus.
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Brilliant, but you gallop to
Posted on Thu, 07 Jul 2016
Brilliant, but you gallop to the ending.
Read full commentPosted in Flowers (Part Two of Two) (IP)
we're all weak and fragile.
Posted on Wed, 29 Jun 2016
we're all weak and fragile. That is our strength.
Read full commentPosted in OverPowered
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