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Tex Dermott Jun 2015
Ten word stories can be as hard as writing novels.
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
The end never really arrives, we have new beginnings instead.
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
Sky Blue Rooster proudly shines,
A fox’s dream comes true.
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
Bats arrived
In the Ozark hills
Lived among
The people
Taking a human body
As the sun went down

Some got drunk
On homemade whiskey
Passing out
Getting trapped
By the bright morning sunrise
Turning to mere dust
  Jun 2015 Tex Dermott
Shel Silverstein
Said the little boy, "Sometimes I drop my spoon."
Said the old man, "I do that too."
The little boy whispered, "I wet my pants."
"I do that too," laughed the little old man.
Said the little boy, "I often cry."
The old man nodded, "So do I."
"But worst of all," said the boy, "it seems
Grown-ups don't pay attention to me."
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
"I know what you mean," said the little old man.
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
In the pines
A purple flower
Blooms among
The needles
Bringing color to the drab
A symbol of life
Another shadorma.
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
Tiny
Orange mushrooms
Bloom inside the pine stump
Within the corpse of death life breathes
Again
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