As sure as the clock’s tick
His singular thoughts stick
The secondhand
Holds no candle to Otiem
And if it did
He’d blow out the flame
OTM
From the acronym a name - rAveNswAn
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Poetry
This is John Harlan Willis' story and why he is a true hero. - rAveNswAn
Scanning through
The Table of Contents
All the ups and downs
All the all arounds
Love is binding
Ours is bound
Between the covers
Love is found
Whether paperback, ebook
Or hardbound
Between the covers
Love is found - rAveNswAn
Breathe
Eat
Drink
Survive
Love
Think
And face the world
You gotta face the world
You gotta suck it up and live - rAveNswAn
…
Survival
Your question
I am merely your answer
A cold honest answer
And sometimes the truth
Does a lot more than hurt
Sometimes it serves justice
In a blanket of darkness
Cloak and dagger
Under the blood moon cover of night - rAveNswAn
To help to ride
The Turing Tide
A hero’s name
We must unhide - rAveNswAn
Grabbing Karma By The Reins
Part VIII: Within the Scope
“You don’t even believe me
when I say you won’t believe me.” - rAveNswAn
Re-reliving the Past, and Getting It Right
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Part VII: Branching Out a Little—Hindsight is Plenty/Plenty
Through Hindsight’s Lens
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Part VI: The Two-Way Street—Look Both Ways Before You Cross
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The Bittersweet Prize
Part V: The Cavity and the Gravity
Deal Me In
The Homicide King
Staring down the blood-lets
Of his fully drawn sword
You are in his sights
Is he in yours?
… and so forever, I remain forlorn for Lauren.
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Part IV of VIII - Jesher Gets the Bill
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Part III of VIII: The Home-time Advantage
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Part II of VIII: Putting a Face to the Name
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Part I of VIII: Luck of the Draw
In the standard Bicycle deck
Three in thirteen may produce a face
One in thirteen may produce an ace
Not so in this joker’s deck
The odds are stacked
There’s no safe bet…
Between magic tricks and icebergs…
From The American Heritage Dictionary:
scare·crow (skâr′ krō′) ►n.A crude figure set up in a cultivated area to scare birds away.
From Ethan’s Mental Dictionary:
scream·crow (skrēm krō′)►n.A crude figure set up by the uncultivated area of a psycho’s mind to scare voices away.