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    • Is anything sacred?

      We frequently see or hear the phrase 'Is nothing sacred?' when we see something we feel reverence for commercialized or somehow degraded in our eyes.  But that brought to mind the question 'Is anything inherently sacred in and of itself, such as ... | Read More

      • csharpe
      • | Jan 21, 2012
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    • Colima

      Church bells clatter through smoky air tonightas a dark-skinned porcelain dollof a girl in a white dressstands on the steps of the catedralholding flowers for Confirmation-posing for a pictureas bells of bronze ring bright to cutthrough haze and s... | Read More

      • csharpe
      • | May 17, 2011
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    • Genuine

      I wonder how fantasy evolved my crynow that ghosts have outraged the cynics-the sunlight waits for youmy desire to tears sabatogedby the opulent cult of hypocrisy the unstable run in circlesshouting at all the noiseuntil emotions are vanquishedli... | Read More

      • csharpe
      • | Nov 20, 2009
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    • Raining on Their Parade

      To me, that pretty much sums up the soul of the game.  You squash your opponent's initiative by moving rusty old cars in their path, and throw large rocks at them when they least suspect it.  You pull rugs out from under them.  You put sand on ... | Read More

      • csharpe
      • | Jan 24, 2009
      • | 215 views
      • | 2 comments