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"Placebo - Part 1" Deals with God? I don’t think that is possible. Depends what cards you’re playing with and what the trade off is do you bluff? or play it safe and lose all your tricks? Let’s talk about SIN, it sounds delicious but once swallowed it comes out just like everything else. The thing with Sin is, it’s a bit like diarrhoea, depends what you’ve taken in and how much has tainted you pathologically, i.e. Virus, Bacteria, Parasite? A little diarrhoea, with the right prescription easily blitzed. If it’s totally infiltrated your bloodstream, well, you're cactus really. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. I call that, with regards to Sin - Divine intervention. For a severe case as that, you would be required to be kept out of reach and monitored on a daily basis, away from passing on the contagion to anyone else. If you’re locked up in a small room and the toilet paper rations run out - it can get real messy. Particularly if your room mate’s in Prison Greens, is twice the size of you and a Psychopath with a propensity for knocking your head into the wall whenever you ignore him and while he’s at it, takes the opportunity to rub himself up against you – he’s marking his territory…. and well, you’re at that point where you’re thinking, “Do I bluff? Or play it safe and lose all my tricks?” At that moment, it’s a safe bet you’ve lost all your tricks. And you’re thinking, “This ain’t Protective Custody, where’s God in all of this?” (Lovejoy-Burrton/2017 Dec)

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Date: 12/21/2017 1:16:00 PM
Deep and dark, with a splash of divine, nice write. I'm a Atheist/Agnostic Jew, so divine intervention is selective and self-initiated. Sin, to me, is an action or decision that has a consequence or tempts karma.
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Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
Date: 12/21/2017 1:55:00 PM
There's a story in everyone. Sometimes, a person has to see it from both angles. Sometimes, that can be truly karmic. On with the day SubLovechild. Thank you for your comment. On with the day, on with the story. LovejoyBee
Date: 12/12/2017 2:41:00 PM
Damning write... you have a way with words..
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Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
Date: 12/12/2017 3:30:00 PM
Sometimes. This is a very real issue and hard for some to read this piece through entirely, I guess, because it is a sordid dark issue in this world. Not all milk and honey, like other stories on a page. Forgiveness is important, but I just wonder how far a victim, or victim's family, would have to reach inside themselves to pull out the remains of what is left of their hearts and minds, to do just that. How much damage would be caused to a victim, or any family (including the perpetrator's) involved either side of the Contract? On with the day. Thank you.
Date: 12/12/2017 2:23:00 AM
Wow... Very interesting your writing style - Enjoyed reading...All the best Leanne
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Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
Date: 12/12/2017 3:29:00 PM
Thank you.

Book: Shattered Sighs