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onion gloop
Confounded by myself Confronted by someone else So fragile So strong Carry on Carry on Internal menace External menace Clogs up the lungs Clogs up...
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- 330 reads
huts first week
Wullie the Pole shouts me into the office. It’s just before three because I’m standing near the door counting the minutes as if I’m Houdini,...
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A song for Europe - part three
We begin with our apologies The song that we hum - justify I’m not the only one Whose looks matter History in a jar Skull beneath the slit Tells us...
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- 384 reads
the things that we buy and don't know why?
The thought came like a First World War telegram – he assumed that she’d thought his family were marvellous. His mother was short and plump as a...
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Forbidden Fruit.
‘Put your false teeth in,’ I said, ‘maybe then they’ll believe in you and believe in your prophecies more’. Old Joe had taken up a position between...
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Time indeed, has no hold.
Posted on Sun, 07 Feb 2016
Time indeed, has no hold.
Read full commentPosted in My dead diary – Sunday 7th February
lovely - and wooly thoughts
Posted on Sun, 31 Jan 2016
lovely - and wooly thoughts about love and caring - I like that.
Read full commentPosted in SEVENTEEN (after Oliver Comins)
I get this, but I wasn't sure
Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2016
I get this, but I wasn't sure if the pungent tramp was a) you walking through the metro soliloquizing or b) an actual smelly old man.
I'd rephrase that bit.
Read full commentPosted in Making the most of it
unbalancing planes is quite a
Posted on Sat, 16 Jan 2016
unbalancing planes is quite a trick, but I guess I could get good with time. Liked this.
Read full commentPosted in Beginners, Please...
oh, date with new dentures.
Posted on Wed, 06 Jan 2016
oh, date with new dentures. the wolf equivalent of garlic. Nice little mix and minx of a story.
Read full commentPosted in Rudy, Lil Red and DJ Gran [Red Riding Hood Retelling]
beautiful and true -god knows
Posted on Tue, 05 Jan 2016
beautiful and true -god knows it's true and so do you.
Read full commentPosted in Triptych 1: Mass
the afforntery of that Clare,
Posted on Mon, 04 Jan 2016
the afforntery of that Clare, watch out for the creak of the wardrobe and soon she'll no be there. I like this.
Read full commentPosted in The Wardrobe
Vietnamese with a waiting [t
Posted on Mon, 14 Dec 2015
Vietnamese with a waiting [t]Taxi driver
he [w]Winced.
characterisation and descriptive prose are great.
Read full commentPosted in The March of the Dragons Chapter 2 (minus the last paragraph due to word count).
the world is a friendlier
Posted on Wed, 30 Dec 2015
the world is a friendlier place when we smile.
Read full commentPosted in Sometimes...
in case they hurt themselves,
Posted on Sun, 20 Dec 2015
in case they hurt themselves, you see, I see clearly, but what can you do when there's only me and you?
Read full commentPosted in Glass is a Supercooled Liquid
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