Stories tagged “kindness”
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Don't Thank the Gnomes
I started the morning by sneaking into a strange house through an unsealed milk door. There was a broken shoe heel on the second floor—its wrongness drew me up the stairs as sure as a cord tied round my ribs. It was done before the lady of the house ...
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A Man I Talked To
I talked to a man He gave me advice He told me to see where I stand I was more than confused I talked to this man again He tried to be nice He told me he needed to see where he stands He seemed only slightly amused I saw this man today I approached him...
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Mrs. Emmet and the old .45
Remember the last time you were kind to an old person? Probably not because… well, you have never been kind to an old person. Jack Reordan was famously unkind to old people. We called him the Mom-and-Pop Killer. As a senior community officer, he ...
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Sharp Tooth; Soft Tongue; Indestructible Grace
Feel your tooth With the tongue Sluicing truth From your lung Pen of when Your heart is spun One too many times by the earth And done away What will you have left to say To those who oppose you up until your last day?
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The Kind Kindle of Candle Hearts
The wax of kindness Melts warm drips Purely The finest For famined lips First kissed By its Clean water sips I’m simply blessed to persist Each time I see my miss I’m completely in bliss— You’re the only one I’ve ever trul...