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Surface

(4 stories)

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There was a bump here
There was a bump there
Were bumps everywhere
Then one it did surface
Then another the same
A plant with a smug face
Hello, I'm Alan Titchmarsh
In one unified voice they did declare
All day hacking and uprooting
A sprouting Titschmarsh nightmare

‘I wondered how long it would take you to surface.’
‘Why, what time is it?’
‘Time you should know better than to go out with your mates!’
‘It was only a couple Sandra.’
‘I know Tom, it must have been something you ate.’
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On the surface he looked like an innocent old man. But Donald was an evil rapey racist who also despised women and poor folk. #130story

Scratching beneath the crusty surface, they found something different, something living, they would call them "worms".
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