Semi-Daily Scribbles
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We don't want to know you but you've served your purpose wellYou embarked on an expedition to find riches for meMade it home with a bit of flesh left on your bonesPaid your dues plus interestFulfilled your obligationExploitation never varies its tuneCredit earned does not make a statement trueThievery keeps me at #1My youth forever…
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The suggestion hit Randi on both sides of her head. Concussion protocols activated. The call, though? The one that told her to run away rather than stand her ground? Yeah, Randi would live the rest of her days to regret that decision. Always an army of one, Randi relied on the predictability of chance. Mishaps and happenstance and…
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It’s no use wishingchange caused a cascadeslide offpulled upbook this. Talk, it wasvoice floatedthoughttouchsuffocate me. Doesn't a faint shadeappear cold?Round bright pink found out.Think through the rest. Guess what? "You don't know." Do we stay here forever? "We will." Our hearts beat slower. "I get the image." What was missing? "A handle on the…
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It's not sinking in. The mess you made and the message left to explain it. Oil and what? Night and day are at it again. We may as well face facts: the world revolves around someone else's plan. Our best efforts to saturate the landscape with each other's blood isn't going to change the course…
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There is no magic. No need to live in seclusion with esoteric texts to break down. The library in your head works just fine. Go ahead, try it. Close your eyes and let memory transport you to: – the cedar tree fort and the way its sweet pungency hit the back of your throat; –…
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I see what you've done. How clever to turn pain and repressed memories into a cottage industry. Now what? Do you expect the same old monster mash-ups to keep the mobs from breaking down your door? Which, come to mention it, lay off the ringer, will you? There is no invitation forthcoming. You will not…
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