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A happy old lady
Her face, full of wrinkles, quite suddenly crinkles, her one good eye twinkles …
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Junior Jungle
Junior Jungle Today! At South Bank! My girl is dancing! Her arms; tentacles of an octopus. To the tunes of my youth: Jungle music. At the background...
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OLYMPIC FIRE
OLYMPIC FIRE Prometheus stole the fire From Mount Olympus For us. Mankind is enlightened. Warmed in its apricot glow. The aromas of cooked food,...
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Compromise
Compromise By Paul McCann . C onflict resolution . O ffer some contribution . M ediate and understand . P ut together a peace plan . R econcile and...
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Moral Philosophy: Measuring your self worth against Principle versus Measuring it against Society
There are two rulers that people use to measure their self worth - the first is destructive but the second, if our principles are good, is...
Solitude
When all alone and in retreat I sit so quiet whilst on this seat My mind at rest as I sit and think Knowing that I am on the brink I know my mind it...
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Orville Redenbacher
People use your popcorn in popcorn poppers. You were the one and only Orville Redenbacher. Sadly, you died twenty-two years ago today/ Your popcorn...
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The Sun In Your Heart
The Sun In Your Heart By Paul McCann . Once there was you and I was happy . Just for a while the sun shone for me but then you were gone far away...
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Dollar For Your Thoughts, Part 10/14
“Keep the badge?” she asked. “Keep the badge,” I told her. “It’s better that the sheriff knows that you’re from Tenger.” “What about this rabid hoi...
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Dollar For Your Thoughts, Part 9/14
As if finding a solution, she turned to light. A negative of herself. I grabbed her arm. Then I couldn’t see anything. Connie was still with me,...
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Only we Know...
Only we Know... The stranger did not start the fight today. New man in town, come looking for a job, he prayed for God to take the gang away. He’d...
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The Lost Prince
Once a poor man named Laucan played a game of Shibara against a witch named Chatria. The man threw down his first shibara pot and it broke into 5...
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The Biggest Burger
The biggest burger ever made weighed over sixty tonnes and by a burger crane was laid in the worlds biggest bun. A fleet of fifty tankers brought...
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Empty Manifesto
Read it out in the manner of Christopher Ecclestone reading Evidently Chickentown... clean the mirror afterwards. Image from Pixabay Free for commercial use, no attribution required CC0 Creative Commons
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Commander Chris Hadfield
Be ready, work hard, enjoy On top of the world Be astronaut high
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Because I can
Because I can I am smoking in bed way past midnight. I am smoking in bed and I have no work tomorrow or the next day and I have just eaten a streaky...
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6 Jelly Babies
Six Jelly Babies, from Jelly land, arrive. I eat a red one and now there are five. Five jelly babies, at least that was before I ate a green one and...
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Watch your back!
(owlish metaphor) “Tu -whit, tu-woo” “I keep a good view, and you, you too what will you do? “To look back behind me my feet needn’t turn, I soundlessly swivel my head to discern what is to the rear…
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LAX to Catalina, via Northridge
Standing on the sidewalk as the flyover achieves almost fifteen degrees on its rise over the central freeway, waiting on a bus to take us to Long...
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Blast
Blast . Years, the shell slept In earth bought with blood. Long enough to forget Munitions girls, flirting with boys A King Emperor sent to fight His...
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