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Make Your Last Dance Count: a bref double
If asked, I do sing father-daughter songs at weddings; it’s the worst part of my job: to put on false sincerity and smile through lyrics so trite they make my skin crawl. It’s not that sentiment is always bad; but who in their right mind would sing along and waste these precious moments on such dreck? Continue reading
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The Pen and the Sword
a bref double Speak to me, if you linger at the trough and hesitant to take a drink, hang back while others have their fill and more besides, expecting none will challenge their self-right. I give to you a gift … Continue reading
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Tagged battles, bref double, conflict, control, daily poems, poetic forms, power, weapons, writing
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