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kick the can
I kick the can, cause I can Mothers’ handbags, like grief clutched to their breasts I kick the can cause I Their faces open, but closed in a wail...
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Ugly Puggly 99
Molly said if a job is worth doing it’s worth doing right, or something along those lines. It suited us both. She hadn’t trusted me to pack the...
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Ugly Puggly 98
‘You look nice,’ Dave told Molly. He wanted to take us out to dinner, but I’d said it was stupid and we could just eat in. I found myself glancing at...
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Ugly Puggly 97
‘How’d it go?’ wee Jim sprung up from his seat. He didn’t wait for an answer. He was already racing towards the door and out into the carpark as if...
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Ugly Puggly 96
There was a glow from the kitchen. Molly had left the lights on. She was sitting with her back to me at the table playing Candy Crush. I wondered if...
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remembering blossom brings
Posted on Fri, 30 Aug 2024
remembering blossom brings about the healing heat of growth.
Read full commentPosted in Forest in the Brain
Obviously, I'm a fan of this
Posted on Fri, 30 Aug 2024
Obviously, I'm a fan of this kind of narrative that tells it how it is, without frills. I remember it well. I couldn't stand your brother or his wife at the end. I guess you couldn't either.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Respite
we are midwifes indeed.
Posted on Wed, 28 Aug 2024
we are midwifes indeed.
Read full commentPosted in Building A Raven
sweet.
Posted on Tue, 27 Aug 2024
sweet.
Read full commentPosted in What Is It Like To Have A Dad?
Memes or brainworms.
Posted on Mon, 26 Aug 2024
Memes or brainworms. Advertisers love them.
Read full commentPosted in Dancing In The Dark.
sometimes a shit is just a
Posted on Sat, 24 Aug 2024
sometimes a shit is just a shit, sometimes something more.
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sound like google
Posted on Sun, 25 Aug 2024
sound like google headquarters, stealing and spying on us. Just because...
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ah, wonderful ending. I wish
Posted on Sat, 24 Aug 2024
ah, wonderful ending. I wish the world was fairer and we had happy endings of these sorts. Ever a small victory (although I hate camera phones, I hate the privlidged sense of fuck-you-all more).
Read full commentPosted in The meek shall inherit the earth
Alfred Muggins is right but
Posted on Thu, 22 Aug 2024
Alfred Muggins is right but not right wing.
Read full commentPosted in Is Britain About To Have Its Own Revolution? Asks Alfred N.Muggins
amnesia. It doesn't leave a
Posted on Thu, 22 Aug 2024
amnesia. It doesn't leave a blank slate, but as you get older it might be nice to forget a few things. a new life. new wife?
Read full commentPosted in The Big Blank (1/2)
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