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The Decline of Civilisation (Ch.16a)
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Quotations from the book 'The Decline of Civilisation' by Janus Apinus. He writes of the development and then the decline of the consumer market economy in the Martan Empire and Gallanol, of the competition and efficiency which grew, stifling consumption and making the actual lives of the people miserable in the process. He mentions the development of new technologies, including Vidnet and the foodshute delivery systems to the blocks of apartments. A warning for our own world perhaps as our own economies 'develop'?
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Are These Thoughts His Or Mine? Oh Well, At The Very Least They Exist.
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We, all of us, can rise from the murk. Except him, because he is dead - and he would not begrudge my tastelessness in that last.
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Robin’s Pincushion
beautfiul colourful rose bedeguar gall … 'save whallop' …
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Yin And Yang Of Poseidon
Giddy with excitement oh vast oceans of energy, in twisted loop of eternal alertness weaving between starfish; drenching smooth, glossy pebbles as...
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I exist
I exist in the DNA of my children and in the heart and lips of my wife – the forest where I trailed miles and its beauty of animals and trees birch...
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Timber fences; empty freedom.
You were five when the world shifted when you told me you wished we were never made. There was a time, before those words, when the world was broad...
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You Got Lucky!
I wrote, ‘The Sweets,’ yesterday and in the comments was the words, “You got lucky!” But I don’t believe in luck, good or bad. I’m not superstitious...
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Remembrance
On the 50th year of my father's death.
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The Last Man in my Life 2
The following Saturday was a Bank Holiday November 11th, Veterans' Day, and therefore a day when no mail was delivered. I was amazed to see a letter...
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You Really Make my Crystal Shine
You Really Make my Crystal Shine Words and Music By Sequoia Fahey (Funky soul-rap somewhat in the style of RHCP 'Cant Stop') Verse You really make my...
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The Sweets.
A young lad, decided he wanted to do his bit for the building fund, this was using his own initiative, he wanted people to guess how many sweets were...
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Personal pronouns
Once I asked an inmate his name he said he was Jesus. So I asked if they just called him that? Or was he ..? And he replied gravely “I am He.”...
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Be Careful What You Wish For.
Pepa looked at the kitchen. Dishes were piled high next to the stone sink. The tablecloth was a battlefield of crumbs and jam. The dog's blanket was...
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The King of Cards
An old one I found hidden down the back of a Dropbox folder... image is PD used in acc with CC0.
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Autumn
Autumn Leaves glow in autumn sunlight. Log fires that warm up toes. Dark evenings, colder mornings. Ruddy cheeks and reddened nose. Children playing...
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In Days
In days of yonder forest now grown tall and green I left sparks of energy from my youth among the streams and now older in a land I still remember...
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Pontius (Ch.15) : Part 4 Jocarna
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Pontius, the Supreme Director of MIOST has some time to relax. He decides not to fly home in his flycar, but to call upon one of his mistresses in the suburbs of Marta City. His power and fortune has brought him certain benefits to make up for his nagging and less than warm wife. Set in the alternative futuristic world of Marta and Gallanol in the Modern Age.
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The Language of Dead Flowers
image by Johua Veitch Michaelis, source Flicker.com used in acc with CC BY SA 2.0 Some flowers wilt softly into mulch. Others crackle and prick like autumn leaves Or cacti.
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The Tent Of Meeting.
Many years ago, the powers that be, at my place of worship decided to knock down the place of worship, I’d been going to for about twenty years, my...
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In A Pig's Eye
IN A PIG'S EYE A pig with his master and friend, who feeds him every day A night out together they strolled the pleasent way Arriving at the big...
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