The Grammar GangstersBeware the grammar gangsters! The mafia of the literary underworld. They saunter into stanzas, Weapons concealed Under their trench coats Or in violin cases.The Grammar Gangsters
They can make you talk, "With just a few well-placed speech marks," Leave you shouting! Where you should have whispered! And pulp your bold statements into quavering questions? They can, pepper, your, phrases with, commas, Or bring your piece to a dead. Full. Stop.
They'll trap you (between brackets) As you - dash - to the exit. Then: punch a blunted colon Into the gut of y
A Seaside ExcavationUpon searching a beach in Peru (as scavengers are wont to do) the man with the metal detector uncovered an ominous spectre.A Seaside Excavation
Led by mechanical bleeping the man unearthed a Thing sleeping, which surely could not have a place in our three-dimensional space.
It was slimy and scaly and scrawny. Its hide was all bristly and tawny. The stench brought great tears to the eye and the man did his best not to cry.
"What on earth," asked the man on the shore, "did my scanner bring me to this spot for?" At the sound of his voice, the Thing woke an
Dark Knight
Revelation? Naw, just an observation.
tip their fedoras to you and thank you for the
Ah, it's true. So many sad poems to write about. Because sad tends to be a much easier natural resource to find. Everyone knows sad. It's like digging for coal. But every now and then you do come across those gems of funny and happy too.
Sad's not a bad thing either, especially if the writing is an outlet for that. Can't keep the sad in you or it makes you...well, sad, I guess.
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind - Dr. Seuss
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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just here for the goddamn lulz
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When you hear the phone not ringing, that'll be me not calling.
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Someone told me a lie, someone looked me in the eye and said "Time will ease your pain."
thanks a lot for the fav on my first DD
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When you hear the phone not ringing, that'll be me not calling.
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Someone told me a lie, someone looked me in the eye and said "Time will ease your pain."
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"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." -Mark Twain
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When you hear the phone not ringing, that'll be me not calling.
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Someone told me a lie, someone looked me in the eye and said "Time will ease your pain."
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sincerely,
an extraordinary machine.
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<mediatedballe> did it work
<TheKingofFall> I'll put it back in for a while
<mediatedballe> i've never done this before
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When you hear the phone not ringing, that'll be me not calling.
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Someone told me a lie, someone looked me in the eye and said "Time will ease your pain."
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