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The Night Owl Is Curious

About pranks and hijinks, musings and mutterings. And the door is open all night.

Coffee Break

Say what's on your mind and in your heart.

The door is open . . .

Come on in and talk.  Or drop off one of your random bursts of verbal energy -- poem, limerick, story, top ten list, clerihew, essay, alliterative poem, rant, Surrealist or Dadaist poem, parody, cento, dirty joke, amusing syllepsis, dirty syllepsis, haiku, dirty haiku . . . to share.

Ancient flowers

BBC reports:

Archaeologists in Egypt expecting to find a mummy during their excavation of a burial chamber in Luxor have instead discovered a garland of flowers.

The 3,000-year-old garland is the first to be discovered.

The Omen by Jake Holmes

"Those eyes will be the death of me.." thinks the alchemist, staring intently at the tiny photograph cupped carefully in the palm of his hand. He holds the picture close, protected from the rain that falls perpetually in his town, soaking his clothes and dripping from the brim of his hat. Through this tiny doorway he feels himself fall through a hole in the fabric of life to a place that existed long ago if at all. A time when, for one moment, the raindrops stopped and a ray of pure sunlight broke through the grey belly of the clouds and lit the world in technicolor fire. Across the table he studies her. Frozen forever in mid sip . On the surface, the mask.. cool and controlled, gives away nothing. The eyes say it better though. Glancing up, blue windows open upon a gentle, timid soul.. "It's me ! look at me!" it sings.. "Tell me who I am.. Tell me of the magic you see, because without you, I fear the mirror is empty.." Returning now to the day to day world he gently folds the worn picture and returns it to the safety of pocket next to his heart.

In the distance fingers of lightning dance along the skyline. He counts the seconds to the crack.. "A storm is coming" he thinks to himself. But even as this thought is formed, a single ray of sunshine , breaking through, pierces the dark... An omen.

Coffee Break

Say what's on your mind and in your heart.

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The door is open . . .

Come on in and talk.  Or drop off one of your random bursts of verbal energy -- poem, limerick, story, top ten list, clerihew, essay, alliterative poem, rant, Surrealist or Dadaist poem, parody, cento, dirty joke, amusing syllepsis, dirty syllepsis, haiku, dirty haiku . . . to share.

Coffee Break

Say what's on your mind and in your heart.

Carlyle the Jackass Files Suit

The BBC reports:

The man known as Carlos the Jackal has filed a legal complaint in Paris of kidnapping and illegal restraint against the man who arrested him.

I say he better mind his manners or the French will confiscate his ascot, shave that little pencil mustache, and he won't look like a cheap gigolo anymore. It's probably the only thing that makes life in prison meaningful.