Paul Andrew Sneddon

Tag: Life

The Bar is Sinking

Jul 24th, 2025

Miserable Bastards (Part 3) You can read part one here: https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2025/07/12/wake-up-juice/ And Part Two here: https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2025/07/23/the-price-of-books/ The bar is dark; neon lights flicker. Someone leaves, and a shaft of late summer natural light breaks in.Ugh, someone shut that door. I take a sip of my drink,…
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The Price of Books

Jul 23rd, 2025

Miserable Bastards (Part 2) You can read part one here: https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2025/07/12/wake-up-juice/ I look at the two suits I’ve got hanging on the rack, wrapped in plastic.I pull on my jeans, t-shirt, hoodie. Trainers.Standard operating procedure.And I’m out on the street.Bright Glasgow sunshine. What gives?Could get…
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Burn Brighter

Jul 23rd, 2025

Flick the lighter.A familiar click.Flame.Warmth.Close it,Gone.Look at the side:Black.Blue skull.Life.Death.Old couch.Empty house.But the flame,It’s still there.Somewhere.Flick it open.It sparks back,Burn brighter. (c) Paul Andrew Sneddon
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Heart

Jul 22nd, 2025

The clouds clear above our little quiet streets.There’s songs in the bricks,Stories in the air,In the cracked pavement,The number 11 bus.In the silence, the air holds you differently,it holds you close, but not too close,lets you be you.As I look into your summer eyes,alive with…
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Wake Up Juice

Jul 12th, 2025

Miserable Bastards (Part One): A writer wakes up with a hangover, no plan and a ceiling that’s due to collapse. One second,Two seconds,Three seconds,Four seconds. Time slips away. I open my eyes. The morning is bright.Too bright. Am I alive? My mouth is dry.My head…
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Tag: Life

The Bar is Sinking

The Price of Books

Burn Brighter

Heart

Wake Up Juice