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Illumination of the Gallows

ILLUMINATION OF THE GALLOWS x x x x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx gallows hallows haloes shallows Sallow-sad priest, hallows gallows, bleak. Saints enshrined in haloes ~ shallows shriek. 1/22/2018

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Robert Lindley

Date: 1/25/2018 9:20:00 AM

LOVE IT, SO DARK AND REMINDS ME OF SAD AND DARK MOVIES THAT I WATCHED AS A KID... The thought of a short rope and a quick drop always horrified me as a child. Imagine being innocent and hung for a crime that one did not do.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 1/25/2018 9:22:00 AM

Thank you, Robert! Enjoyed your comment! ...Kim

Roy Pett

Date: 1/25/2018 6:14:00 AM

Great Tyburn Kim, this is so apt probably as you know Tyburn was a place where executions were carried out by hanging, one of the most famous was the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin, Tyburn now is the end of Edgware Road London, now called Marble Arch, brilliant so well written enjoyed. :))

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 1/25/2018 9:18:00 AM

Thank you, Roy! Yes, I saw the subject in passing. Intend to go back and read about it! Fascinating!

Fj Thomas

Date: 1/24/2018 3:38:00 PM

Ahh a haunting tyburn here! Great piece!

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 1/24/2018 4:14:00 PM

Thanks so much!