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and then from out of the blue.....

I like this phrase, 'from outta da blue', and I love the use of color as symbol in speech. From out of the blue..... It is different than the phrase 'bat outta Hell' or 'it fell outta no where', blue makes it a mysterious puff of smoke or a universal field thingie, or maybe …

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When I come to burn your house down.

When I come to burn your house down don't wonder why you will see it in my eye a red reflection of my lie a sad inflection that you should now cry why I just burn down your difference,   When I come to burn down your Church don't ask why your belief is a sty c …

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These 24 Books Have Actually Been Published

You should never judge a book by it's cover. Unless it's these books. Then you should definitely judge them.

Gettin' Home to you.

 Music sings soft in the background "everyday feels like a holiday when my baby gets back to me...."   watch out children!   Love knows no bounds   when Winter sounds white bones cross deadly icy grounds but she will get home to me so don't let love kill you  …

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The Ghost Albatross.

 Sailing across oceans frozen water white capped a lone flight over a sea of siren potions rippled by undercurrents A porch chair always knows in the end it is only a porch chair but at night it may try to fly.  

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Arguments- Using the "Well, your Mother" Option.

Children learn to argue with each other, chicks squabbling over invisible worms in the yard. It's a growing process, squabbling like squab. You win some yard struting time and sometimes you lose feathers. Well, when we were young there was a 'no back down' clause in arguing.

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The last dark quiet moment till first morning light. A Silent Song.

 Tired tree shadows, smoke grey funeral veils that stretch taunt across cold white satin beds, a time for smiling sleepy heads and vampire grin dreads.

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the topsy turvy World.

 The birds were singing    as I walked                  down the path towards your favorite spot   alone you left your shoe prints   in that warm sunlight my mother told me t …

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The Annual Erma Bombeck Writing Competition is Now Open for Submissions

The annual Erma Bombeck Writing Competition is now accepting submissions. The competition will be accepting submissions in two categories - humor or human interest - until Feb. 14, 2012.

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Depending on how you do the math, there are between a quarter-million and a million words in the English language. The 20-volume second edition of The Oxford English Dictionary boasts north of 291,500 entries.

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