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He stood tall and straight arisen from a heavy slumber once begun as shelter from an overwhelming deluge of impossibilities which had collapsed into a prison of his own construction until his limbs petrified by abandonment climbed his way to vertical leaning only to balance his steps forward
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Jul 15, 2013
Jul 15, 2013 at 7:05 PM UTC
Angle of Riposte (apologies to Wallace Stegner)
He stood tall and straight arisen from a heavy slumber once begun as shelter from an overwhelming deluge of impossibilities which had collapsed into a prison of his own construction until his limbs petrified by abandonment climbed his way to vertical leaning only to balance his steps forward
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Jul 15, 2013
Jul 15, 2013 at 7:05 PM UTC
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