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Re: "A YEAR OF SUNDAYS" SUBMISSIONS - June 2022

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From: ME
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 21:23
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On Saturday, 25 June 2022 at 08:27:38 UTC-4, blackpo...@aol.com wrote:
> On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 1:45:16 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
> > START POSTING:
> >
> > *****
> >
> > TRIALS OF DENIAL
> >
> > Here we swim in the warm comforting waters of
> > Denial
> > and our careless carousing has
> > aroused the eyes of the Nile, predatory animosity arising
> > vile,
> > preying upon friend and foe
> > all the while sparing
> > none
> > from their reviled trials.
> >
> > -- Ash Wurthing & Ecthrois Grimm
> >
> > *****
> We Never Did Dance
>
> No Astaire, I, my stance
> more damaged pilings, just barely enough
> to hold back the tides of an off key
> chorus, perhaps a Chaplin shuffle
> during closing credits,
> but you and I never danced.
>
> Yes, we had some laughs,
> navigated our way through dark times
> but it was me that never found
> the small of your back for an easy sway
> under a crescent moon orchestra.
>
> We had most of what was needed,
> but never enough to endure.
>
> The curtain call remained silent.
>
> Edward Rochester Esq.

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