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Place Setting For One

How long had it been since his lips touched food Hallucinations parade before him fork and knife, wolf and lamb His arms outstretched chin devours the sand throat constricted, the flame flickers oozing blood, consumes a man

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Date: 8/31/2023 6:48:00 AM
This is a sad one. Our final place setting is always for one.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/31/2023 7:28:00 PM
Yup. It sure is, Richard. Thanks for the comment, gw
Date: 8/30/2023 9:14:00 PM
What a sad image, makes me think of an old man in a nursing home facing his last fight~
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/31/2023 7:32:00 PM
Whoa! That must be a zero-star nursing home! (Aren't they all?!)

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