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Harriet_The_Student, 12 march 2012

A Beating (2-first draft)

He hit me hard, sending me to the ground. I could see him about to hit me again, but then there was something incredible. She was standing in front of me. 'Stop! Don't hurt him, don't hurt him!' I saw her spread her arms, blocking my view of him. 'Don't hurt him, please (... więcej)

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Harriet_The_Student, 12 march 2012

A Beating (1- first draft)

I saw his brother hit him. He fell to the ground, but I'd already started running. 'Stop!' I shouted, putting myself between him and the angry fists. 'Don't hurt him, don't hurt him!'
I stood with my arms outstretched, I don't know why. It seemed the best way. (... więcej)

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jimmymac, 8 march 2012

Bouazizi

Bouazizi’s heavy eyelids parted as the Muezzin recited the final call for the first Adhan of the day.

“As-salatu Khayrun Minan-nawm”
Prayer is better than sleep

Rising from the torment of another restless night, Bouazizi wiped the sleep from his droopy eyes as his feet touched the cold stone (... więcej)

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Flux, 5 march 2012

Interlude I

The night the Sun abandoned us,
No one believed the warnings.

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yemmerich, 5 march 2012

fru-it

I was a young girl living in an apricot. The walls collapsed around my bed. Worms, I think. Bunches of rotting fruit fell like missiles. I escaped to an apple. I made a bunker in the center and I slept with the seeds. Now the walls have collapsed again. And I realize .. there is no fruit that I can be (... więcej)

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Naykd Poet, 4 march 2012

Blessing To Be

Torn, distraught by the virulent labors of an advanced, malignant species of life that ravenously and maliciously pursues a mindless intent destined to destroy a peaceful coexistence of life to the detriment of the blameless cohabitants to this planet-world that is majestically interwoven to coexist (... więcej)

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Tinker Bell, 2 march 2012

RUMI

“When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off; you become lame, abandoned by a fantasy.…People fancy they are enjoying themselves, but they are really tearing out their wings for the sake of an illusion.” ~Rumi

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Christina Austin, 2 march 2012

Life

Life is like balls, if you squeeze too hard it just gets worse, but if you loosen your grip it gets better.

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Scott Clark, 29 february 2012

The Challenge of Love

The challenge of Love is not to love others but to love those who are a challenge to love.

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Scott Clark, 29 february 2012

The Document

If you found a document that would beyond a shadow of a doubt prove that your religion or science was totally wrong would you destroy that document or would you show it to others?

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