Mark Heathcote

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I have 597 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 411605 times and 9 of my stories have been cherry picked.
3 of my 316 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 3 votes

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Mark Heathcote

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You’re not middle aged yet you think?

By Mark Heathcote on Sun, 28 Oct 2012

Old age then your back aches Becomes a viaduct arch of pain Foundation’s get subsidence You lose 10inches all elegance In thought your opinion’s tower
Humour
Poem
Certificate U

Crab apple…

By Mark Heathcote on Sun, 21 Oct 2012

We've all sunken teeth into a sour ball. Aghast at its bitter depths of beauty, Hidden too appal like human nature. Loves no different than this tutti-frutti These golden orbs halve rouge with pith They're shrunken skull's a coffins core. With a taste like a dead suns zenith, O tang of death it's rancorous, tariff.
Love
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Certificate U

Sunday papers

By Mark Heathcote on Sun, 21 Oct 2012

Now the coffeepot has gone cold. I can see it clearly in her eyes, There’s no more steam or caffeine Demerara sugar or cream… There are no more shortcake biscuits,
Love
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Certificate U

Treasure me like a desert sun

By Mark Heathcote on Tue, 02 Oct 2012

Treasure me like a desert sun Take me for all the sap you can. Be my cacti, my lover pricking Every nerve end till I (…wan!) Oh I’ll make olive oil at dawn
Love
Poem
Certificate U

Wardrobe-skeletons

By Mark Heathcote on Mon, 01 Oct 2012

The perils of wardrobe-skeletons Holding keys to abandoned souls. And hearts covered with lesions… Rattling in self-confining asbos Is a self-abuse shadowy iceberg?
Other Fiction
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Certificate U

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