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I texted Susan a few times, but I didn't want to scare her away so I kept it to pleasantries. She hadn't offered much of herself in the weeks she had been coming in, and I knew pushing would be a bad idea. Still, it made me smile every time I got a reply....

It

Who is It?

You chased it awayBut it's back You smothered its breathIt just laughed You brought it to sea in a boatBut tossed overboard, saw it float You burned it alive but it roseYou buried it deep but it grows You prayed for reliefNo avail You reasoned and pledKee...

The seconds seem to drag on as Bruce sat there with his mind struggling to understand what he had just been told. The stunning blond sitting next to him had just admitted to forging his signature on Lea's birth certificate and he was at a loss for words....

It was a small pueblo in the Sonoran Desert. Juliana and Desiderio lived there. They were both artisans. They had apprenticed with the great jeweler and artist Gabriel. Everyone in northern Mexico knew of Gabriel. Even in the Mexico City he was known to t...

All Right

Timmie, you should know that my heart is all right.

It would be nothing less than a lie to deny that I am missing you. But my heart is all right. You are so far from me. Yet your very essence is ever present. Still, my heart is all right. Flashes of you consumethe empty spaces between my thoughts. Neverthe...

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Shades of blue

how i see a special person in my life

Cool shades of blue I see you Cerulean Cobalt Sapphire Indigo Cool shades of blue Blue sky on a summers day A reflection of a sunset sea A pounding surf at dawn washing over me A sudden summer storm Night sky filled with a thousand brilliant stars All swi...

Once, back in the ancient days of the 1970s, I was living, and sometimes going to the university, in Columbia, Missouri. I lived there for many years, going to school of and on. After 24 years I got my BA in English. Then I went on to get an MA in Geograp...