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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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What did Jesus do? 3
My dad used to tell everybody how smart I was. He used to show me off, tell me to memorise things like long poems that rhymed. (And that was no crime...
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What did Jesus do? 2
‘Jeez, wae the electricity, all the stuff in the freezer will go aff.’ Ian ran his fingers through his hair. And he pouted. His beard was patchy,...
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Old dears. That sounds like
Posted on Thu, 24 Aug 2023
Old dears. That sounds like Nellie. You and the cat did well too. Not so old dears.
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salad days, indeed. Those
Posted on Tue, 22 Aug 2023
salad days, indeed. Those shiny bits of paper seem worth the world .but are fool's gold.
Read full commentPosted in Steve Mason and the Last Day of School (Part Two of Two)
daisy chains, didn't we all?
Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023
daisy chains, didn't we all? even us boys.
Read full commentPosted in Swathed In Nature's Beauty
Ah, didn't tell us what kind
Posted on Sun, 20 Aug 2023
Ah, didn't tell us what kind of grades they got. I guess we've got to wait for that. Leave on a high (or low). Physics is always a bastard. Not that I ever did physics.
Read full commentPosted in Steve Mason and the Last Day of School (Part One of Two)
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.
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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'?
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honoured indeed, Ed.
Posted on Tue, 15 Aug 2023
honoured indeed, Ed.
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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
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