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A brown Christmas …
A brown Christmas, dead buzzard in the mud, fields a-flood, welcome sight of clearing sky a breeze up high to make clouds skud away awhile; still warm and bright the friendly smile,
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Christmas Shoppers
He walks like an animal pacing its cage She walks like she's dragged down by a weight He walks as if edging towards a precipice She walks as if she were making a debut on stage
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- 391 reads
Sarah's Story
I do however find your breasts very distracting.
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Calling the Tune : A Fairytale Drabble
His plan had worked perfectly, he'd shown the townspeople not mess with him.
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Flowers for the New Year
Flowers for the New Year; flowers for the Spring; for bright hope; for good cheer and new life awakening. Ring in the year with bluebells and sing the Sun King’s praises
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The dance of death
The reason in my mind Becomes the resonance with in yours When I am gone the path continues My path continues My empty words Only my actions have meaning But when I am crowded in
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Bucking The System.
Bucking The System. The Cinderella of the Constabulary. By Neil Cairns. Introduction.
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Precocious
"Precocious", (approx. 1100 words). A ten-year-old boy recalls his life as an only child before, and then after his mom's death when he was eight.
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Shank Beach
"Shank Beach" (approx. 1300 words). A defeated man assesses his life in an alcohol-fueled, pre-dawn reflection on a local beach.
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A Life Unlived
“A Life Unlived”, (approx. 1140 words) about a father’s thoughts as he holds his three week old son who has just died, having never escaped the ICU of the hospital in which he was born.
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the traditionalist
throws down his coat in the puddle, always wraps his arm around, squeezes her in public, goes to church on sunday, shows her off to his mom, takes her to his favorite bar,
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redeeming qualities
when she saw you she knew d e e p d o w n (even though all her friends told her the contrary), that even though you had not a cent to your name, even though
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- 310 reads
first through the ribbon
when upon grasping in the fridge for a bottle of hot sauce amidst the myriad of styles collected for the taste, her/his hand grasped hold of a teriyaki hot sauce,
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Lonie52
back on track Pia (hopefully).
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Places to go
I'm one of the luckiest people I know
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A Journey of Living
He still did remember, in spite of a broken ankle, arthritis and so forth. Even good times took place during the happenings of those three-time aching moments.
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The Last Day of December
How could I have known that this - the last time I would see you?
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My Friend Sean
My Friend Sean My friend Sean is 73 My friend Sean does gymnastics see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbeZiercnuo&list=UUAB9T34x2nt1kSENrNat3_g... My friend Sean started out as a client
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