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Upon Departure
When she hadn't known his name or recognised him, staring through him and down the long ward of coughing women, he went out and spent most of his giro in bars and pubs, and found himself dancing with the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. Bobbing and moving in the loud sweaty darkness, he shouted into her ear "My mother's got cancer, she's in the hospital. Now.
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Autumn
With such complacent ease Walking over fallen leafs
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Haiku competition
Momigigari ( translated from the japanese: Hunting of the red leaves) The Japanese, who are crazy about cherry blossoms in spring are getting wild about red autumn leaves travelling far distances in the "hunt" of them
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no love
No moonbeams No wine and roses No whiff of perfume No angry poses No fire No desire No unexpected Heavenly choir No casual tread Where angels dread No spiteful e-mails No scattered entrails
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1575
Elizabeth Bathory, Countess of Transylvania, bathed in the blood of kidnapped girls, believing it would keep her young. A girl who tried to escape, Pola, was shut in a cage of sharpened knives in which she was shaken until shredded to death on the blades.
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This Weekend
The head and shoulder shots were ok, she said, but they didn't like the full length ones, they said next time tell your friend to focus on the subject and not the background. I didn't go to the second lesson, I said, I was barred out. I told you that.
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I will never grow old
For now, the ancients brave the park but soon, overnight, when the ice appears (puddles tightly capped by vindictive out-of-work glaziers) the park will be deserted except for me: I am young with these lungs and I hope you remember the war or something.
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To someone who knows.
I'm tired, so forgive me being weak And bothering you with questions,
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I know your secret
I know your secret, my unknown friend. I know what's hidden beyond the granite walls You have erected to protect your ego. I know the fears and doubts you keep so deep inside Ashamed with ruthless stares of passers-by.
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Railing Away
An empty car of an invisible train With no destination, It's just railing away. A hollow unit of a rattling chain Speeding up into nowhere, It's just railing away. I am by the window, loooking at rain
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Poor Poet
Chasing perfection To get satisfaction I am playing with rhyme Not having a dime. It's a kind of infection This poetic affection. I am scratcing a line Mixing water with wine. Constant threat of starvation
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Geometry Of Mind
First there is a dot and it is the start.
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I Read
I read and These aren't simply words but Someone's unprotected soul, Which is breaking through the mist Of time and distance. I read and I see one's face and Feel one's presence. Perhaps, I even can become
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Wake Up
So many people don't think beyond the day, And perhaps, they're absolutely right. Why ponder if you can enjoy the moment, Gliding smoothly over the pond of life? Maybe, they are right and I am wrong,
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The Walking Dead
As we approached the house my partner reached through the rear access windows of the patient compartment and began gathering extra clean white towels. Shootings are not usually messy unless something explodes¦ like the side of someone's head. He gathered 3 extra towels and wrapped one around his neck and gave me one to do the same. Always having something to wipe up with would help us avoid getting blood, flesh, and maybe even brain matter on our clothes.
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As Worlds Collide
As Worlds Collide We lay side by side in our giant bed together. I can see you next to me but it feels like you're miles away, trapped in a world of lions and tigers. I lay here in silence every night, eager for you to notice me. Eager for you to open your eyes and find me. Intently you focus your strength, intently you ride yourself away from me. Every night for hours at a time, you lose yourself in a strange world. Every night it seems like I am crawling further and further from you. I roll myself into a tight ball, hoping you will slam the door on your world shut. Hoping you will cuddle up against me. Anxious for you to explore my world.
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Bag of Weasels. Chapter 8
More Weasels,,,
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Promises.
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Hole in the ground.
This was where I'd lost the children.
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Tick Tock Tick Tock
Tick Tock Tick Tock. The colour continued to fade from Trevor Harris' thick knuckles as his hands clasped tighter around his coffee mug. Still full, it's golden contents were now becoming a less attractive murky brown. Opening his eyes he flung back his and fixing his eyes on the black and white square tiles he tried to focus. Exhaling loudly he again looked at the post-it note his P.A, Sheila had left stuck to his plasma monitor.
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