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Tooth Mystery

So, how DID he lose that tooth?

Forsooth, the man, he lost his tooth!How he lost it, we have no proof.Was it an enemy going *boof!*?Or maybe, he lost it in Magaluf. He needs a denture, but where to go?The dentist? No, he is awfully slow!So, perhaps, he should go to bedand rest his head.Oh, look! He's dead.He died of an abscess,his bloodstream, bacteriawas allowed to access,or was it the deadly diphtheria?Whatever it was, forsooth,the man, he lost, he lo...

My Thoughts - Mortality and Death

“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students.” Hector Berlioz

I have been encouraged by friends to write this. Some friends said it would be good for me and some said it might help others that are in similar circumstances. I’m not sure about either reason, but these are smart people and I trust them. I hope this doesn't upset anyone. I don’t want to cause distress to any of my friends here on Stories Space. I was concerned this might not be appropriate for this site, but I think tha...

The deadliest blow

Death has many ways to beat our defences

I cling to speeding, spinning cones of leadThat pierce the air and armour, skin and bone;Once deep inside, I ditch my deathly rideAnd spread destruction, quell life's fragile wick.I cleave to sharpened shards of stainless steelThat separate the living from the dead.A scratch, a nick, a cut will let me inTo fester in the ragged bloodied flesh.I steal by roadsides, lakesides, seasides, waitingFor unwary or foolhardy soulsTo...