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A soulless man, with an empty grin.
They've opened up the asylum doors.
I could have been anything.
No DM's unless we're dating.
Pinned
A Black and White photo of her.
But her lips are moving,
as empty eye sockets
stare, as they bleed.
I think she's crying for help,
I think she's dying alone.
A Black and White photo of her,
as she laughs,
and she's at peace again,
she's Sixteen again,
she's alive again,
in a Black and White photo.
a black and white photo of a woman 's face behind a few leaves
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman 's face behind a few leaves
media.tenor.com
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Dylan needed to figure out how that ship got through the lines, even if the brass had warned him off the investigation.

It was not some #esoteric thing, not magic, not divine. It was technological, but what that technology could be eluded him and the very best minds of his crew & the navy.

#vss365
September 13, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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Call it #naïveté, but Rory thought the whole point of the game was to play it, the quests, the tasks, the building and such, but there were certain ‘players’ who did nothing but the same world bosses, over and over again.
Seemingly just to rack up endless amounts of xp. It seemed pointless.

#vss365
September 11, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Christopher Walken in The Dead Zone
ALT: Christopher Walken in The Dead Zone
static.klipy.com
September 8, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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Finished reading ‘Kings of the Wyld’ and I *loved* it! Loved the characters, the writing style, the humour. Everything. They say it’s like ‘What if … Fantasy rock bands?’, but I found it more like D&D players in a bar talking like their campaign was real. So much fun.

Next up: ‘The Last Kingdom’
September 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Bryan Ferry with Falcon
ALT: Bryan Ferry with Falcon
static.klipy.com
August 19, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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A Black and White photo of her.
But her lips are moving,
as empty eye sockets
stare, as they bleed.
I think she's crying for help,
I think she's dying alone.
A Black and White photo of her,
as she laughs,
and she's at peace again,
she's Sixteen again,
she's alive again,
in a Black and White photo.
a black and white photo of a woman 's face behind a few leaves
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman 's face behind a few leaves
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:24 AM
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The past is clearer when lit by the taillights of the present, but the beams of dust mostly reveal more mysteries. Abort mission.
April 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
drive.google.com
March 31, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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#vss365

Mars, the god of war
thinks struggle for survival
constitutes fair trade

#Mars #fair #struggle #survive #SenryuSunday
December 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Writers belonging lies in thresholds of air. In doorways. In the halt. They root themselves in living & leaving. On the horizon that stings & the proximity that steadies. Their chosen ground is the almost illicit border where worlds blur. Or begin.

#vss365 #prompt Dec 11 #illicit
🖼️ Liminal Gallery
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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From scraps of silence trembling beside sudden bursts of thought, a story we have long feared begins to gather. Farewell to the hesitant preludes! Make a place for a raw soliloquy. What was stifled has finally found the ribs to break through.

#vss365 #prompt December 8 #soliloquy #art ~ Lily
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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My muse
Gives me life
Brings me death

Deals with gloom
And shows me love
They give me words

They let me #soliloquy
Through a pen
And it’s ink

And yet none of this
Do they know

#vss365
December 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.

Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.

Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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A #chivalrous fellow named Nate
Hit a snag on the way to his date
A duck with no feet
Tried to cross the main street
And freeing the fowl made Nate late.

#vss365 #limerick #limerickoftheday
#writersofbluesky
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Diving in
My bathyscaphe,
‪Deep sea’s‬
‪#Aphotic‬
Depths‬

Searching
Mythi‬c
Sea monsters‬
And ancient‬
‪Pirate chests‬

I see
A sight‬
So surreal‬
As I
Just sail along‬

‪4 British
Blokes‬
‪In yellow sub‬
Singing
60s songs‬

Maybe
I have‬
‪Sailed too deep‬
And stayed down‬
‪Way too long‬…
‪#vss365
a cartoon of the beatles in a yellow submarine
ALT: a cartoon of the beatles in a yellow submarine
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Soul drenched under
Some kind of eclipse lunar
#Aphotic eyes that hypnotise
I feel myself morphing
Into something
Brighter

You and I
Such as the night basking
In the moonlights’ steady glow
Through the darkness
Our bond stronger, shines

#vss365 #poetry
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Yes we all matter, it all #matters
Then why must words be so cruel
Suspicion resting on our souls
Seen and unseen
Every dot every dash
Like morse code
Every taste every smell
A smile an ouch
Every sound every bit of silence
Yes yes we all matter, it all matters

#vss365
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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#vss365 Working the reskin farms was dull but cushy, compared to most other security gigs. Raised from exowomb to adulthood and then cryostored or shipped off for harvest, left their wards predominantly in an induced coma.
They patrolled the racks for signs of leaks or waking. ...
#learned
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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How Autumn & Winter
Conspire to thwart
Summers’ soothing shine

With snowflake falls
& decaying pitiful leaves
Never #learning

They”ll feel the crisp sharp bite
Of Springs’ pied piper birds
Singing notes

On new petal flutes
Coming alive
Again and again

#vss365
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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frost nestled in eaves
bereft of nightingale's song
truth echoes along

#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #senryu
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Nights had run long for weeks now, but, ultimately, day and night were ephemeral concepts when you spent most of your time in space.

Dylan caught the #reflection of his face on one of Magpie’s consoles and mused that it was a good thing he wasn’t in a proper military.

He looked a mess.

#vss365
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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I see in my
#Reflection
Vivid mirror of my peace

But something
Always mars it
Sure as sunrise in the East

The ripples
Never bother me
Not one bit in the least

I build my joy
On gratitude
A choice my own to keep

So even when
The gruel is thin
I claim it as my feast
#vss365
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM