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@cicero

writer, philosopher, poet and ne'er do well

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cicero
@cicero Jun 5, 2021, 5:46 AM UTC

Winds on Mars

I scare myself with my own desert places. --Robert Frost As I’m sitting Watching clouds roll The wind punishing My hair, I’m reminded There are winds on Mars, Dust demons Paint the air. Another place…

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@cicero Aug 7, 2017, 1:32 AM UTC

the man in the picture

https://s2.postimg.org/a0qkrx1hl/static1.squarespace.jpg Lies don't end relationships the truth does. ― Shannon L. Alder I was vain in my youth—never once experienced rejection. Oh, I might have tast…

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@cicero May 20, 2017, 3:56 PM UTC

waiting in the rain

https://i.imgsafe.org/ff0fff1db6.jpg waiting in the rain and getting soaked, fearing you won’t come but holding hope; you walk down the street it won’t matter that my feet, are cold and wet… because…

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@cicero May 2, 2017, 5:24 PM UTC

Is anybody else having trouble loading pics lately?

I haven't been posting in a while mainly because of frustration with the whole process of uploading pics to my posts. It used to be so easy. I'd simply locate pics and save them to my desktop. Then,…

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@cicero Mar 30, 2017, 6:05 PM UTC

Pendle Hill Witches

https://i.imgsafe.org/d480723895.jpg I came to Lancaster to assist on an archaeology dig, not get involved with witches. Emma Manley the local historian invited me and I brought along my assistant Li…

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@cicero Mar 20, 2017, 3:02 AM UTC

Inhuman ... over twenty thousand years old and the lights are still on

https://i.imgsafe.org/f43a588659.jpg Damien Moshe contacted me out of the blue. We had been working together at Gobekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey and uncovered stone circles 7,000 years older than…

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@cicero Mar 17, 2017, 10:38 PM UTC

Leprechaun ...what would St. Paddy’s Day be without an Irishman?

https://i.imgsafe.org/c5a9796ac2.jpg The annual Library Technical Services Party was to be held on Saint Patrick’s Day. Being a Murphy, and black Irish, I was doubly blessed—but Carranza was a Coving…

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@cicero Mar 9, 2017, 1:13 AM UTC

Past Imperfect

https://i.imgsafe.org/0a9c4c07cb.jpg On her forty-seventh Birthday, Emma took a big risk and entered Nursing School. Now, in her fiftieth year, she faced an even bigger challenge—she’d have to put he…

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@cicero Mar 6, 2017, 7:01 PM UTC

Peel Off My Socks ...the depression is worse tonight because I shot a boy.

I’m finally home. I sit on the edge of my bed, peel off my socks and come apart. After the anger comes tears. I’m angry because that’s how I push away feelings. Once the rage is spent, depression ret…

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@cicero Mar 3, 2017, 4:33 AM UTC

Build the Wall ...Do good fences really make good neighbours?

https://i.imgsafe.org/8ec4bbfcff.jpg “Is he dead?” I nodded and choked back a sob. Two cops shot in less than a week—this one, just six months back from Iraq and his head exploded by a shotgun blast.…

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