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I have 1214 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3504749 times and 1249 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Python

Mrs Helen Sattar, the Community Member of the Parole Panel listens. Writes messages to herself, but until now remains silent. ‘How do you feel about...
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Cherry

how to get rid of free

For the price of wisdom is the government of undead Above Rupert Murdoch’s ancient heraldic head Weapons of mass destruction their paths of greed...
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Cherry

R&D 6

Smoke clings to Abraham as his fingertips trail over the uneven stone wall of the old bakery. The coppery smell of blood rather than bread makes his...
Cherry

R&D 5

They stood waiting. The first gulls met the day with their ragged crying over the tenement rooftops, the boards on the pier slick underfoot. Fog...
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genesis

Rage does not go away It turns outward or inward Rage does not go away It creates hung-faced horrors of us all Rage does not go away It roots itself...
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1877 of my comments have received 1935 Great Feedback votes

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I hope we're swinging  back

Posted on Sat, 29 Jul 2023

I hope we're swinging  back into the light. Maybe not yet, Maybe not ever. But the hope sings in your poem. 

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Posted in "Murky Waters"

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I guess we all see worthless

Posted on Mon, 01 May 2023

I guess we all see worthless coins sometimes. but to trade them for words and poetry is to create a new currency. 

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Posted in The thought of it

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it's a dog's life, but

Posted on Fri, 09 Dec 2022

it's a dog's life, but sometimes it isn't. The transmigration of the soul takes many forms (so we're told). Why not a dog? Or a cat? Or a Tory? Too far, sorry. 

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Posted in The Last Wish of Christmas

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War and Peace, you'll need to

Posted on Fri, 02 Dec 2022

War and Peace, you'll need to saw my arm off. I hitchhiked through France, well, the Frrench bits, with a guy that had his arm in a sling. It was dead, but he couldn't bear to lose it. I understood that. I'd have been the same, Hoping for an arm(...

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Posted in Troy and Me (A Christmas Tale) Part 2

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you never do know what

Posted on Sun, 15 May 2022

you never do know what enlightenment will be. Settle for the fish tea. 

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Posted in "Willow's Tail" 28

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life is a shock perhaps

Posted on Fri, 06 May 2022

life is a shock perhaps unplanned, but you've got the fight to stay that way here. 

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Posted in wheels to rotors

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Good question, most Prime

Posted on Mon, 18 Apr 2022

Good question, most Prime Minister are duirng the honeymoon period regarded as competent. I don't include Boris in that, of course. David Cameron gave us austerity, by us I mean poor people. He gave rich people even more riches. And then he gave...

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Posted in Pointless Boris (Part One of Two)

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I think this is unlikely as a

Posted on Thu, 20 Jan 2022

I think this is unlikely as a Trump presidecy, Oops, that happened. 

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Posted in BBC TV Listings, Wednesday January 21st 2032.

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perhaps this year perhaps

Posted on Fri, 07 Jan 2022

perhaps this year perhaps next. in the end it's the end. 

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Posted in Resolution

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anger and  impotence. We

Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021

anger and  impotence. We nullify outself as we look on at the slow-moving end ot it all. This is great. It captures how we feel. 

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Posted in Drilling Out Blame

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