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3 am

October 2, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in cancer, poetry

Monsters in

the cupboard?

Or monsters

under the

bed? No, the

monsters in

my body

set off the

night fears now.

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Nurture

September 25, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in History, literature, media, poetry, politics

It takes a

village to

produce an

idiot

like Mister

Donald Trump

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Great eggspectations

September 22, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in ecology, evolution, gardens, History, poetry

Every day,

somewhere in the

world, billions

of birds sit on

their nests, content

and confident

about the eggs

that they cherish.

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Posterity

September 20, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in History, literature, poetry

Alzheimer,

Addison,

Parkinson,

I’d hate to be

remembered

as the name of

a horrible

disease. Though it

might be better

than not to be

remembered

for anything.

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Chain of command

September 7, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in atheism, History, literature, poetry

Religion

is not just the

following of

imaginary

beings but the

following of

people who are

following the

people who claim

to know what an

imaginary

being will want.

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Decay rate

September 7, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in poetry

Things fall apart

the centre will

not hold. Nor will

the stomach, lungs

brain, feet, liver

back, kidneys, skin,

or any other

of my organs.

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Fresh air

August 16, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in cancer, History, literature, poetry

I was not
aware of
taking my
first breath and
I will not
be aware
of my last,
but all the
others were
precious.

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Religion is

August 8, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in atheism, poetry

Being told
there is an
invisible
being who
wants all your
money by
a man who
claims he has
been chosen
to guard all
that money.

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Brief shining hours

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in poetry, Uncategorized

Looking back,

corridors

of my mind

are lined with

all of the

people

I have known

at length

or briefly,

and I can

see again,

like an old

movie, with

pleasure or

pain, in whole

films or

single frames,

all of their

faces as

they once were.

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Pointless

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in History, media, poetry, politics

We all spend

our lives now

trying not

to become

data points

on a graph.

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