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Creeping F-ing Jesus.
The old man pulls a crumpled hanky from the side pocket of his jacket, and blows his nose. He peers at his notes and then at us with watery grey eyes...
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Vermin
The gaunt old man in the pinstripe suit hovers over the microphone and starts speaking in a strange accent before they are ready. ‘It’s a ridiculous...
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Depression
I am what I am not That’s what I’ve been taught The timekeeper in my head keeps each tick of the day He feeds me guilt pain on not going away, again...
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dog days.
The washing machine sloshed and whirled, the edge of the dog blanket appeared and tumbled in on itself, before going into the spin cycle making the...
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What did Jesus do? 4
Peter the Apostle brought a more to life than life attitude and his faith was like flying fish. He couldn’t sit on his arse for a minute. We lit a...
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aha, bit of fluff indeed. I
Posted on Sat, 19 Aug 2023
aha, bit of fluff indeed. I did a similiar story set on an oil rig. Can't remember what it was called. You set the tone well, with the older guys wondering if it was even legal. Maybe he's not that weird. A growing market.
Read full commentPosted in His Bit of Fluff
how do we recognise ourself?
Posted on Thu, 17 Aug 2023
how do we recognise ourself? birds at least can fly away from themselves.
Read full commentPosted in The Loneliness of a Cuckoo
wonderful. I'm sure there are
Posted on Wed, 16 Aug 2023
wonderful. I'm sure there are better visitors than you, but few so poetic.
in dark green gillet instead or armour, [should this be 'of'?
Read full commentPosted in The Heritage Man
honoured indeed, Ed.
Posted on Tue, 15 Aug 2023
honoured indeed, Ed.
Read full commentPosted in Nunca Te Rindas
still smelling the roses,
Posted on Sun, 13 Aug 2023
still smelling the roses, Jean. That's a good sign.
Read full commentPosted in Dozey Bella and Cippy
better if she murdered him
Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2023
better if she murdered him first and then found out about the doll house later. That's Tory policy, I believe. It's no crimiinal.
Read full commentPosted in A confession
white skin in a passport. the
Posted on Fri, 11 Aug 2023
white skin in a passport. the irony of no blacks, irish of dogs, is sunak, patel and braverman would have been denied a job in the post office by Winston Churchill. Not regardeed as properly British and never would be.
Read full commentPosted in Trip of a Lifetime
I've not really been follwong
Posted on Fri, 11 Aug 2023
I've not really been follwong the story Reo Stakis, of course, had hotels that mysteriosly burnt down some say for the insurance. The Crooked House Pub is a great name for a crooked scheme.
Read full commentPosted in The Crooked House Pub.
'cows' indeed. reminds me of
Posted on Fri, 11 Aug 2023
'cows' indeed. reminds me of that poetic celebration of bovine encephaly.
Read full commentPosted in Holy Cows
weedkiller yeh, associated
Posted on Thu, 10 Aug 2023
weedkiller yeh, associated with Parkinson disease too. Councils love it.
Read full commentPosted in begone
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