~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner http://wordwulf.com/philosophy ~Incipient~Discharged into a frenzied, sodden macrocosm, we begin our frantic journey, mad to unite that we may survive to die. ~WordWulf~

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~Each Side of Dawn~It weighs
hundreds of pounds, the bawling creature. It is her chosen task to mother it. She
imagines herself a ranch witch, feeding a motherless dragon. Death is a new
wind, a chilling reminder, ashes strewn by a zephyr. ~WordWulf~

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Carry On~Bless this place, we beseech you, every man, woman, child, and its
leaders who teach us, every man, woman, child. Carry on sweet Jesus, carry on,
carry on. ~WordWulf~

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 ~Quodlibet IX: A Tender Wrapping~The tiny woman wraps them in her housecoats, forces
bunny slippers on their feet, dries their shaggy heads with towels. “You are
old men now, in your fifties, for god sake. You have no business riding those
damned machines.” They sit on her couch shivering, grinning sheepishly at each
other. Her two oldest sons, having ridden their Harleys five hundred miles in
the rain to celebrate her birthday with her. ~WordWulf~

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~Butterfly Poet~ It finally arrived,
the day words wouldn’t come, the empty feeling refused to go. He tore his hand from
the glove of his mind, watched his imagination, those minute remnants left, dribble
onto the notebook, a blot pattern blood ink. He wrote an ode to the butterfly:
~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Half-light~Yesterday we were
children, old men today, tarnished pennies, worth less than half. ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Letters from the Monastery: XVI~Art of Denuding self~He awakens from
a night of no sleep whose black
chromium edge has ripped the top
off his mind~She sits in the
laps of bible men~accepts the attentions of gentlemen who do it to her but never say it. ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner 

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~Mold~Everyone plug into the matrix. Anyone caught looking up and thinking for
themselves or making unauthorized observations will be mowed down. ~WordWulf~

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Bitchin’ Witchin’ Blues~I know
you don’t care what the hell I do~I tell ya pretty mama put a hex on you~

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~Writes of Spring~A scent of
lilacs in the city and country hay alfalfa are stuff of sweet dreams, each
purple shade an infancy of desire. Memories serve a dizzying array of disquiet
at hints of springtime scent. ~WordWulf~

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~Digging through
papers, a card fell in his lap~It was a note from his mother, begging
forgiveness and too late now~He speaks desperately to her box of ashes~Is it
shameful for a man to weep?~There are seven levels of revenge the winds of time
disregard. ~WordWulf~

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 ~Guillotine~“Mister Langolour, I must
say your sang-froid attitude distresses me. While I find it courageous of you
to face the impending hour of your death so bravely, one must wonder, are there
issues of sanity?”

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Closer to Home - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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 ~Tubing the South Platte, 1976~Drop us
off 25 miles upriver. We’ll see you back at camp.  ~WordWulf~

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storybook - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Springtime Snow/Life~Six-Word-Story~Here
today, gone tomorrow. ~WordWulf~

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~Irish Sonata~Six Word Story~Pipes low and calling green. ~WordWulf~

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~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~The Door~A spiral in an empty room, spider mind across the bed. We
crawlin’ into helplessness. He spits and weaves his killing web. ~WordWulf~

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Poetry - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Change~I spent my time in the desert, a thousand days, a place called California,
crawling through the mess of me, away from my people, searching for the rest of
me, scribbling on a steno pad. ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Declination~ The aging process slams shut the doors of all vanities.
~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Desecration~Never exploit, strike or, in any way, abuse a child. They are
unable to forgive themselves for having been treated so. ~WordWulf~

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~Coffle~‘I got me a dozen an’ a
half stone breakers. They is long limbed and hard muscled. You wanna beat the
sale, come see ‘fore ten tomorra mornin.’ 
~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Daylight Savings Time~ Only the government would believe you can cut a foot
off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and have a longer blanket.
~WordWulf~

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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Hold that Pose~Baby, birthday
party~pretty pink balloons~blue eyed girl growin’ up too soon~

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~Alms for the Digger~To youth I say, rejoice in a ravenous feast of years~ Spit
it into the faces from whence you came; defecate on the courthouse steps. ~WordWulf~

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Quodlibet - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Quodlibet VIII~Kisses/Mystery/Eternity

~Thank-you, I would kiss your flaws rather, make mud on
the dirt of your skin. ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Manumission~Deep grief ends shortly after the grieving heart stops beating.
~WordWulf~

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~Six-Word-Story: ~Wayfarers~The
road ahead, together. ~WordWulf~

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner 

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~Time is All~ Sometimes in the darkness~he goes
back and back again~Fighting the big war~gun in his hand~Tiger in the jungle~when
he would kill and kill again~     ~WordWulf~

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Poetry - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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Icelander Rune~Sifting through
dust and snow~stealing images from others’ clothes~Moths and mice, spiders
throughout~crawling across the web brain~Toss a stone, make a bet~who were
these people~Children of earth whose future appears as you. ~WordWulf~

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storybook - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Instinctive~Giving back, natural as the tree~In the park with my two-year-old
granddaughter, Eden. She saw a pinecone, picked it up, and offered it back to
the tree. ~WordWulf~

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~Swan Song~She remembers dancing the Charleston, big bands when music was
music. Her hands, graceful birds fluttering at her sides, she turns slowly,
eyes half closed, drifts off into space. ~WordWulf~

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner 

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~Makin’ Music in the House O’
Blood~We been traipsin’ smoke ‘n
fire~jus’ makin’ music in the House o’ Blood~We the pieces~yeah, we the
mud~jus’ makin’ music in the House o’ Blood~ 
~WordWulf~

~foretime~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~foretime~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

http://wordwulf.com/foretime Quote: No one has ever become poor
by giving ~Anne Frank~

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner - Momma's Rain

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner - Momma's Rain

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~Author Tom Sterner has
written a book that will break the hearts of every reader. It will also
wake the reader up to the injustice most of us seem to perform not only as children
but also as adults. ~Martha Cheves (book review)

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner - Tom WordWulf Sterner

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner - Tom WordWulf Sterner

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~And the Stone Man Said~“WordWulf,
your work reminds me of shards, those things you find in the kiln, beautiful
fragments when the whole thing has blown.”

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Toss Penitence Once~First time spoken, “I’m sorry,” may be genuine.
Repetitions are lip service, out-and-out lies.  ~WordWulf~

Quodlibet - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

Quodlibet - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Quodlibet VII~Dignity/Currency of Beggars~Days tied on strings, end to end, our
lives, a dangle of fishes. Never meant to fly underwater, it just ain’t
Christian to lie. ~WordWulf~

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~I’m Bound To Ride Again~Yes, I
saw the children falling~ hunger was in their eyes and their frail voices
calling~begging to the wise~
~WordWulf~

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~Nothing Equal~Too many dirges, the red man, whose blood favors my own, impaled
on a spindle, totem to all things European cum American, an unholy spell cast
on the East, thirst for her ebon/gold, oil/blood, nothing equal to what is
taken away.  ~WordWulf~

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner - Tom WordWulf Sterner

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner - Tom WordWulf Sterner

http://wordwulf.com/blog An American Valentine~He reaches inside his vest, discovers his
own mortal wound. In each of his hands now he holds a large paper heart, white
lace, fine spun glass and blood fresh of battle. ~WordWulf~

Closer to Home - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

Closer to Home - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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 ~Dogma~If you hunger for unconditional
love and devotion, nurture a friendship with any dog.  ~WordWulf~

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~ Romeo~Hello, my name is window~ WordWulf~

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~Rebecca’s Garden~My Dear
Rebecca, whenever I write your name, your beautiful face comes to mind. How I
love to plant kisses there. Poets write about smiling eyes but yours are the
only ones I have seen that really do and for me to boot.

storybook - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

storybook - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner http://wordwulf.com/storybook ~Acid
Rain~Double stack smoke the fuck~
WordWulf~

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~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Ghost of Love~Don’t look to me~see
right through me~The ghost of love has got me hypnotized~Oh, you're the ghost
of love~

~foretime~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~foretime~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

http://wordwulf.com/foretime Quote: Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it
will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.

~Anais Nin~

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storybook - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Six-word-stories: ~Gimme a Light~

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~Father/Time IV: Illegitimate son of a rock and roll star. Mom
met dad in the back of a rock and roll car. ~Jim Morrison~

There was a child in the park chasing a puppy who was
chasing a child in the park. I met her at a Sunday picnic. ~WordWulf~                                                                                                   

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~Christopher Early~Eight-year-old Christopher faces his terrible illness and
parents who cannot deal with the awful truth. His friends, the birds, carry him
away. What a child may teach adults ready and willing to learn.

Closer to Home - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

Closer to Home - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Already Number One~My mother was my mother. She didn’t beat it into me that
she was a woman. She just was and hell, it don’t get no better than that.
~WordWulf~

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art - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Ambient Draught~The ambrosia on the breeze was powerful in and of itself. Her
shadow crossed his shaft of light. They paused, aware, eye to eye, fusion.  ~WordWulf~

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~My Heaven is a woman~my heaven is a suckling child~ ~another man’s shame~another
man’s glory~  ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Anamneses~One seldom realizes the depth and importance of memories until they
are all that remain.  ~WordWulf~

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Closer to Home - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Yes, hugged
by children all across the years, sustaining and reminding me what’s
important.                 ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Ken~Life’s losses pale in the realization that survival demands the best of
us. All that is not falls away. ~WordWulf~

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~Deadlands XIV~A dim light beckons hither when there is no other light at all and,
truthfully, darkness would serve us better. Coyotes and wild dogs will be speaking
when we go out tonight.   ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Origin~Genius, the result of interaction with an entity or thought process of
which one was previously unaware. Beware pretending, mirror dancing, mimicry. Scratch
an itch that doesn’t exist until you do~ 
   ~WordWulf~

art - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

art - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Ghost Towns III~Tales of just dessert~the crash~breath of moment~redundancy of
path~decades~the night years of life~ 
~WordWulf~

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art - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Deadlands V~Those are handsome eyes, a rush, good~Passing by a cemetery, she
learned how to gig a frog~Don’t teach my wolves to cry~They suffer too much~  ~WordWulf~

Poetry - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

Poetry - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

http://wordwulf.com/poetry ~Bacchanal Mystique~The most beautiful woman
I knew~pale circus when compared to you~ ~WordWulf~

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~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Cold Winter Eyes~She’s had some
kids and husbands~they send her cards and pictures~lots of letters full of kisses~she
reads between the lines~

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art - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Deadlands XX~Gone to hell~writing well to your special ghost~a hotshot of
crystal meth~the oft-repeated line~a teaser~the effect of grounding~ ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner 

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~One~The prisoner knuckled his eyes until stars blanketed his cage. Blind to
his keepers, the stars there to stay. ~WordWulf~

Closer to Home - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

Closer to Home - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner 

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~Artist in Charge~She favors bright things~clothing~music & art~princess
heels & biker boots~refuses to take direction~L'il lady knows what she
wants. ~WordWulf~

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~Winter Dancer~Asleep in South Dakota, a princess to her people. They call her
Winter Dancer. The Black Hills are her home. ~WordWulf~

storybook - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

storybook - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner  http://wordwulf.com/storybook ~Six
word stories: ~Ride~Driver, where you takin’ us?~

Poetry - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

Poetry - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner  http://wordwulf.com/poetry
~Some days it’s difficult to distinguish where mountains stop and sky begins, clouds
rolled up in perfect mimic of stone ridges beneath them. ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner  http://wordwulf.com/philosophy
~Sensitive~A true empath, aware or unaware, will choose anonymity.       ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner  http://wordwulf.com/philosophy
~Schism~Break rules~Ignore logic~Fornicate with the muse~Accept the results~  ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Sans Ambit~Those without boundaries will have no respect for yours. ~WordWulf~

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Warrior Angelo~We are evil~we
are holy~we are all that lies between~the mask of death our warriors’ face becomes
the same, obscene~

Ride - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

Ride - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner  http://wordwulf.com/ride ~Ride This far~I didn't ride this far just to
ride this far. ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner  http://wordwulf.com/philosophy ~Privation~Poor
folks can't afford anger. ~WordWulf~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner  http://wordwulf.com/philosophy
~Presuppositions~I’m crazy, blind as a bat. What if we aren’t?

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Posit~Don't let 'em bullshit you~there has never been a peace~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Consumption~Whatever we consume destroys us. ~WordWulf~

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner - Tom WordWulf Sterner

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~Father/Time IV~ They can picture love affairs of chemicals and stars, a romance of stones.

~Jim Morrison~

Fires of a thousand camps, leaning pyramids of arms,
hush, cannon rush, eyes wide in the moment.

~WordWulf~

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

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~Dance Between You~based on Khalil Gibran's "On Marriage"~Give your
hearts not only as husband and wife~for who can hold such hearts~only the hand
of life~

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~Father/Time III~Nietzsche:Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not~Friedrich Nietzsche~

~WordWulf: Reflections of armor in the eyes of horses~tall dust in
their wake~a steady rhythm of hooves~whose army, the princess~

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~Father/Time II~Edgar Allan Poe: All
that we see or seem, is but a dream within
a dream~ ~WordWulf: Midnight
wandering past~Wake me up if we get there~

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner - Tom WordWulf Sterner

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~Father/Time~I-IV~“People living deeply have no fear of death.”~Anais Nin~

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~philosophy~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner  http://wordwulf.com/philosophy
~Abandoned~Whether you have been or not, it’s how you feel when there’s nobody
left.

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner

~songs~ - Tom (WordWulf) Sterner  http://wordwulf.com/songs ~Death in
Small Houses~I’ll never tell but I will remember~A hundred miles inside me
there’s a slow fire burning~gone burning forever~

I’m bits and pieces~ 

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner - Momma's Rain

Tom (WordWulf) Sterner - Momma's Rain  http://wordwulf.com/mommasrain
 ~Momma's Rain~Momma and Daddy rolled their boy
child’s lifeless body into a blanket. Daddy reared back and kicked the package
a couple of times. It didn’t offer much resistance. Six-year-old Jackie weighed
less than forty pounds and was just over three feet tall. Daddy’s foot almost
went through him.