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No swing doorNo swing door

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022| 2 Comments | 7:00 pm

I doubt many can honestly say they do not want to die because life is simply too enjoyable to miss. What comes with an outlook of such pizzazz will be the bonus of not fearing death. 

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Thou shalt not murderThou shalt not murder

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022| 0 Comment | 2:46 pm

Of the Ten Commandments found in the Holy Bible, ”Thou shalt not murder“ is readily accepted by agnostics, humanists, atheists and adherents of religions other than the Judaeo-Christian.  Some of the other commandments are also

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Are we signing off?Are we signing off?

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021| 0 Comment | 10:42 pm

“The King is dead.”  So is the cheque, checkmated (shah mat in Arabic, from which the killer move is named) by the digital forces of cards and electronic financial transactions.  What falls next?  Signet rings

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When duty callsWhen duty calls

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021| 2 Comments | 2:41 pm

I phoned my cousin yesterday.  I knew that she was going to say, “I am gutted.”   I understand why. Life sucks.  Here she was, restricted, owing to travel bans, from seeing her children and grandchildren

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It’s all in my mindIt’s all in my mind

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021| 2 Comments | 5:53 pm

It’s only a very smart criminal whose pulse does not accelerate when the prosecution pulls the DNA analysis or the cellphone records.  The former brings new meaning to “They’re after your blood”; the latter’s the

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Floc !Floc !

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021| 0 Comments | 2:12 pm

More words rhyme with “pool” than “floc”. Leading the field are cool, fool and tool, which deal quite adequately with the opposition posed by rock, stock and cock. But when you saw “FLOC !” did

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Sounds that shouldn’t be thereSounds that shouldn’t be there

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021| 2 Comments | 1:05 pm

But they are.  And cannot be denied.  Yes, I did hear that strange whine from the car when I braked.  But I don’t want to…my face now has a frown, my hands are gripping the

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Poetry Pot-PourriPoetry Pot-Pourri

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021| 0 Comments | 11:05 am

Though he did not know it Though he did not know it the beggar who crutched his way up the middle of the road in the middle of the night sounded like the electric fence

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“It changed my life”“It changed my life”

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021| 0 Comment | 12:27 pm

“It didn’t change my life…” is an unequivocal marker.  The film wasn’t great, the food didn’t awaken taste buds, the date’s not going to lead to another.  “It changed my life…” sounds more dramatic and

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A dream of realityA dream of reality

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021| 0 Comment | 3:07 pm

Before I forget, the recollection of a dream.  I walk down the passage to where my wife sleeps; she is in the kitchen at the moment.  As I approach her door I feel the presence

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