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Stop Short #138: I Saw (a chinese tsa-yen)
With sunrise one hour away a digital clock ticks silently Then, a heavy fog rolls in; I'm now alone among the ... city rats.
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Stop Short # 39: Mellow (a 5-character chinese chueh-chu)
Time of day is unimportant. Age only restrains my urge. The shadow of your neck ... upon my pillow ... ignites fire!
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Stop Short #81: The Banker (a chinese tsa-yen)
Each day you are mine, it is a temporary loan. Possibly, tomorrow may never come. Possibly, I may never ... come!
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Stop Short # 153: The Final Turn, Vietnam '66 (a 7-character chinese chueh-chu)
As I held him in my arms, he felt strange ... not feeling the pain I heard his last breath on wind, in this, most mesmerizing moment called death
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Stop Short #50: Welcome to the Ball (a 5-character chinese chueh-chu)
I walked through a riot. The police, were still confused. The participants, screamed for hell. Their wish came .. some DIED!
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poems originally
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