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sheriffof0

'Ornery Cowpoke, part-time poet & day-dream detective.

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2012-05-16T12:16:23

The Rogue - A Novel

I'd done a few odd jobs for her in the past. Leastways for somebody who had hired on her behalf. The first time I hadn't even been aware of the identity of my actual employer. Never once met the lady.

26 4 651 words
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2012-04-27T11:12:54

Behold The Sun King at The Enquiry

"All human things are subject to decay, and when fate summons, monarchs must obey" - John Dryden He twists and squirms to turn the truth around, an empty vessel making...

12 0 327 words
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sheriffof0
2012-04-20T09:33:24

Gravity

When my mum used to ask why my clothes were on the floor of my room I would always say "gravity, mum. It's gravity.".

72 5 24 words
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sheriffof0
2012-04-17T16:47:37

And Then....

It appears on your first post!.

4 0 6 words
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sheriffof0
2012-04-17T16:46:51

Defo Image Upload Issues

Failing 4+ times on iPod 4G iOS 5. Scale or don't scale = fail..

0 0 14 words
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sheriffof0
2012-04-17T15:48:18

Likes Don't Work...

On iPad 3 (unless I'm no longer allowed to like my own posts....).

0 3 13 words
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sheriffof0
2012-04-17T15:47:01

New iPad

This one comes from the app on a new iPad 3.

2 0 11 words
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sheriffof0
2012-04-17T15:45

Another Test

Here we go with some sort of Loren ipsum.....

0 0 9 words
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sheriffof0
2012-04-10T08:57:29

Trebles All Round....

...for the guys and girls at instagram who are now all instamillionaires. Doubtless their great app will now turn into a polished turd at the hands of Arsebook.

16 2 69 words
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sheriffof0
2012-03-22T16:51:46

We Are All Terrorists Now

This is your country, love it or leave it; Beat the shit out of anybody who criticises it.

18 2 402 words
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sheriffof0
2012-01-13T19:12:37

Dentists...

...always looking down their noses at you..

24 0 7 words
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2011-11-24T22:23:10

Diet Of Riot

A steady diet of shit You think don't hurt a bit 'Til all those tv calories Have turned your brain into cheese Just a neat commercial wheeze To keep you on your knees So when the rioters turn up You...

22 1 380 words
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sheriffof0
2011-11-14T13:48:11

Some Great Advice My Dad Gave Me...

Don't gurn like a feeble-minded idiot and stop snivelling or I'll give you something to cry about!.

8 0 17 words
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2011-11-14T11:14:55

Put A Cork In It

A Cork radio station was running a competition - words that weren't in the dictionary, yet could still be used in a sentence that would make sense. The prize was a trip to Bali.

54 3 159 words
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2011-11-11T11:12:58

In Flanders Field / In English Towns

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

20 3 188 words
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sheriffof0
2011-11-10T12:16:15

The Hanged Man Of Shadows

"Ne m'attendez pas cette soirée, parce que la nuit sera noire et blanche." ~ Gérard de Nerval's last words I am the Prince of ...

10 1 90 words
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2011-11-10T08:24:44

Fragments from a Fallow Field

The fault goes. against the grain. impossible to chip away. &. find the parts remain. undamaged or unchanged. Such frail flaws. hold me in their thrall. until i lapse. &. fall. full. fathom. five.

16 2 99 words
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sheriffof0
2011-11-09T10:04:49

Pity

I saw a pigeon in the square Hunched on one leg against the world. The other, worn to tender stump & bare - feathers badly ruffled, stubborn wing unfurled attempting to take care of what remained.

14 0 56 words
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sheriffof0
2011-11-06T07:45:33

To The Outhouse

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2 2 12 words
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sheriffof0
2011-09-27T21:58:42

The Patio

Hardly a day passed without some thought of her and yet somehow he felt that things were on the up. It had been a lovely Summer and their romance (as he liked to think of it) had consumed it.

4 0 135 words
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sheriffof0
2011-09-09T09:23:44

The Awful Truth

"Oh my God, Jimmy what have you done. The still quivering mass of red was flecked with bony-white fragments spreading outwards and upwards across the tiled floor and then the very walls of the...

26 3 93 words