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The Comfort Of Strangers

Posted on April 16, 2022April 15, 2022 by rak

Sauce For The Goose when I was young and fit and looked good in jeans and had something the girls… Read more The Comfort Of Strangers

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In Praise Of The Glory Of Sleep

Posted on April 13, 2022April 12, 2022 by rak

Nothing Can Take The Freedom To Dream to sleep is to dream to dream is an awakening to wake, a… Read more In Praise Of The Glory Of Sleep

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Love Is All You Need

Posted on April 12, 2022April 11, 2022 by rak

These Are The Ties That Bind what is family? random genes thrown together held in place by love

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Being Unwell Makes Me Sick

Posted on April 11, 2022April 10, 2022 by rak

COVID Is Making Me Bats down on feeling down tired of being tired all day sick of being sick

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The Sweet Words And The Silences

Posted on April 8, 2022April 6, 2022 by rak

How Soon One Becomes The Other those sweet words of love like yes and now and always taste sour in… Read more The Sweet Words And The Silences

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A Passive Aggressive Relationship

Posted on April 7, 2022April 6, 2022 by rak

Friends With Arguable Benefits passive and aggressive a description of them both though one would argue

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The Greatest Gift Of All

Posted on April 6, 2022April 5, 2022 by rak

Learning To Love Yourself Out in the green Derbyshire hills a ginger man sees in another year. Just like me,… Read more The Greatest Gift Of All

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Not Always On My Mind

Posted on April 5, 2022April 4, 2022 by rak

I Sometimes Think Of Other Things I’m so over you You’re not always on my mind Not for hours, sometimes

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Just Let Me Hear Your Silence

Posted on April 4, 2022 by rak

The Sound Of You Is Painful keep your silences the words that you speak to me hurt too much to… Read more Just Let Me Hear Your Silence

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How To Save Money On Fuel

Posted on April 3, 2022April 1, 2022 by rak

Drive A Prancing Horse silly rich people are amusing and stupid more funny than sense Derby driver crashes new Ferrari… Read more How To Save Money On Fuel

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Nobody Knows You Like You Do

Posted on March 31, 2022 by rak

I Care For Myself Alone spring snow is falling alone in a quiet house mindful of myself The Five Rules… Read more Nobody Knows You Like You Do

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I Seem To Be Falling Apart

Posted on March 31, 2022March 30, 2022 by rak

How Do You Know If You’re Broken? there is a tremor something is falling apart I may be broken

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A Day When Nothing Mattered

Posted on March 29, 2022 by rak

A Cold Grey Day In A Cold Grey World such an empty day full of nothing that matters empty of… Read more A Day When Nothing Mattered

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The Great Joy Of Getting Lost

Posted on March 26, 2022March 23, 2022 by rak

Everything New Is Around The Next Corner I have never walked down this street before, and this pavement beats my… Read more The Great Joy Of Getting Lost

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New Spring Sunshine Warming Bare Old Skin

Posted on March 21, 2022 by rak

Life Feels Good Like This no better feeling sunshine of a new spring day warming bare old skin

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The Dawn Of A Brave New World

Posted on March 15, 2022March 14, 2022 by rak

This Grave New World Is Frightful little by little bit by bitter bloody bit a grave new world dawns US… Read more The Dawn Of A Brave New World

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These People In My Head

Posted on March 13, 2022March 11, 2022 by rak

They Tell Me I’m A LIttle Mad All these crazy people running through my head, making such a babble, all… Read more These People In My Head

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As Good As It Will Ever Be

Posted on March 11, 2022March 10, 2022 by rak

Tied Up And Down And Out It’s late again. I’m home again, alone again, and again, in these dark hours,… Read more As Good As It Will Ever Be

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Man Makes Good And Evil

Posted on March 8, 2022March 7, 2022 by rak

Evil Is A Vile Way To Live There are no evil stones. There are no evil dogs. There are no… Read more Man Makes Good And Evil

I Stand with Ukraine

We Stand With Ukraine

Posted on March 7, 2022April 17, 2022 by rak

Originally posted on unbolt me:
We stand with Ukraine. Ми з Україною. Мы с Украиной. 💙💛 by TETIANA ALEKSINA (UKRAINE) &…

a person holding a no war in ukraine sign

Hope Is A Waking Dream

Posted on March 7, 2022March 6, 2022 by rak

He Who Has Hope Has Everything a right to fight for a free life in your own land a hope… Read more Hope Is A Waking Dream

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You Are Cold Like Winter

Posted on March 1, 2022February 28, 2022 by rak

I Am The Son Who Brings No Warmth Cold, you are; unwelcoming. No warmth in you, no joy, no love… Read more You Are Cold Like Winter

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All I Need Is Love And Kindness

Posted on February 27, 2022February 26, 2022 by rak

It’s Not Too Much To Ask All I need Is a hand to hold A smile to greet me Kind… Read more All I Need Is Love And Kindness

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A Big Stone Held in Sharp Claws

Posted on February 24, 2022February 23, 2022 by rak

Just Because Before it happened, I remember seeing him rotate the ring, the one on his second finger with the… Read more A Big Stone Held in Sharp Claws

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Please Find Me Some New Genes

Posted on February 22, 2022February 21, 2022 by rak

My Genes Are Worn Out they may not suit you and you may not like them, but you can’t change… Read more Please Find Me Some New Genes

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