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Paper Mâché
Bad art is forgiven if painted And sculptors can’t bungle their clay Glass can be broken and reshaped But it’s too easy make Too many mistakes When working with paper mâché. A smithy can reforge his metal A mason, his bricks can re-lay A penman erases his pencil, but It’s too easy to make Too…
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…For Unto Us An Aragorn.
Don’t follow the lights. This sentence, uttered by Gollum to the main character Frodo in the epic classic The Lord of the Rings, is actually good and correct advice. By following the fires lit near the remains of long-dead soldiers on a cursed battlefield, Frodo would fall into the marsh and be lost to the…
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Black Smoke
Black smoke, billow up Roof aflame, scorched and black
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The Sunset
A man sat on a bridge with his legs dangling over the water, watching the sun set. As he breathed in the sweet breeze of the autumn evening, a wave swelled and washed over his feet. The man made a face and shook his wet shoes, trying to get rid of the cold damp.
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All Hands Lost
With weighted brow and purse’d lips I worry on in favored winds Refuse to breathe or meditate Yet sails will blow in good or no My spirit stays its hand for none And wooden decks incinerate Below the feet of keen watchmen As tar, in seeping puddles, drips. To err is fatal; man be cursed!…