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Joker At My Door
As daylight began to melt away and the mysteries of the night fell upon me, I found myself concealed under a mantle of smog, foolishly wandering...
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Call Her Love
Sleep Deprived Half Dream
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Until the Worm Turned.

Emotive core pierced, star-smitten, dwelt for a time in the land of the kitten, heart flushed by a secret smile- special reserve for me, soul blitzed...
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Friends Are Like Apples

Friends Are Like Apples The people you see Come in all shades of trouble Wrapped up all pretty In effortless struggle Come along if you dare Find out...
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FARMER GILES
Farmer Giles...... A nickname for a regular customer, who definitely doesn't own a farm, as he lives in the town and loves to hoard things. He pops...
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NORTHERN DEAR DIARY
  NORTHERN DEAR DIARY SATURDAY 9/2/13 Sleep Eludes Me Arrive quite late this evening, filled with great trepidation as I pull into the...
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The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Pharisee & The Tax Collector I must have read this particular Parable a thousand times over my lifetime and heard it in countless sermons...
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Distinguishing Features Part 8/8
It glowed a deep, dark red. “You, Jack Lee Blue, are going to get into trouble and you and all of your friends will go to jail.” Jack didn’t look at...
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Distinguishing Features Part 7/8
Julie chose the second night after the dumpster debacle to take Matt aside and speak to him about it all. She loved Jack and Austin, she loved them...
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trifecta

1. The last man I loved made me a dream catcher of dental floss and blonde hair. This is him, the last of him. We’re driving through a phlegmy drag...
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Understand
.... . .-.. .-.. --- Something is speaking in the morse code of the rain; with the signal lamp of sun; in the sign language of birds and the...
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‘ … to see oursels as ithers see us!’

Obscured vision ‘sees’ prejudice in all (but not within) … Obscured vision seems to say ‘If I had time and opportunity how selfless I would be …
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The Vigilant
Brother Elias looked up at the illuminated window of the second story room where the kidnappers were holding Marcia Gaines, the heiress daughter of...
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One-armed combat

Yet another of Julia's posthumous pieces (Overthetop1). Hard-hitting, but that's the way she was.
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Blasphemy

Another piece by my late daughter, Julia (Overthetop1). I would like to make it clear that Julia was a very caring person, and this was, and is, in no way intended to cause offence to those who don't share her beliefs at the time this was written. Coral (seashore)
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Years ago

White door creaks as it opens; hadn't seen your face like this since those days years ago when you would battle through the rain; this time the storm...
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Remember?

Remember? Remember who I was before you? Before the mistakes The uncertainty The fear The promiscuity? When I was Steady, Sure, And balanced?...
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The Swan King.

Fine fibre lashes flicker, flutter. Sailing trance-like on warm reflected glass, Royal icing sculpture, still Lily-White feathers. Ripples giggling,...
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Monkey See Monkey Do
He thinks i'm crazy Ha. I laugh Perhaps i am a little mad Lost in my day dreams But crazy follows crazy Ha. Ha. Ha.
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The Woman on Concrete

Steven enjoyed the downward gliding sensation he got from the elevator’s smooth cruise to the ground level floor. He liked to get out of the...
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