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lapse

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tremors, reverberations a frozen pea elusive shelter incoherent darkness misdirection, disorientation surrender light hope grace love peace read more about lapse.

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articulate

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Lord help me to articulate the hope I have in You. To tell of your abounding grace and love that makes me new. That You sent Your own Son Jesus from heaven to live on this earth. To live, die and rise again beginning with a virgin birth. That I... read more about articulate.

ikea

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Furniture in flatpacks ' Don't box me in' I said All these imported homewares were going to his head My boyfriend took me to IKEA and he took an allen key to my heart. Aisles of haberdashery cheap meatballs, supposedly food but some of this periphery hints pretension or renders... read more about ikea.

in all

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In the silence In the birdsong May your voice be heard In the stillness In the morning May I rest in your Word In the storm In the chaos May I find refuge in You In the good times In the hard times May your joy be ever true read more about in all.

friendship

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I've realised and would like to acknowledge that my first few lines are very similar to those in Darren Hanlon's song (There's Just Not Enough Songs About) Squash, from his album Little Chills: Why do I bother I don't know I'll turn off my radio Day after day The airways... read more about friendship.

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Saviour

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My hands, my legs, my back Pierced, broken, scourged for you Grace, forgiveness, life eternal is waiting, repent and be made new. I see your fallenness, your struggle more than you'll ever know. Your brokenness, your distraction like filth within the white of snow. The earthen vessels that you carry... read more about Saviour.

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Lucky Hit Road

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The blue light disco stops and is shut down and the frontier men return home, out of the cold. The translucent, iridescent shells are taken from their cavities and brought into the luminous technicolor light. The splendour of the tufts and trinkets mesmerise and the floor boards glisten with orthodoxy.... read more about Lucky Hit Road.

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election

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The politician vagrant proclamation embezzled munition. The scribe declared triumphant imperious scores. The zeitgeist illuminates tenacity linguistic causation. read more about election.

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anticipating salad

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For the past few months the weather's been soupy but the season is on the cusp of change. Huzzah we are approaching those glorious salad days. Rosemary, thyme, roast potato Parsley, parsnip, you've all been just fine But now I'm craving a vegetable crunch to placate this palate of mine.... read more about anticipating salad.

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eggsist

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What the flip? What's wrong with my egg? I think I may have been poached! Like some toad in a hole or benedictine monk in a stall I feel claustrophobically encroached. Yes, I know I'm cracked there's always a sunny side up. It only takes a yolk and the sound... read more about eggsist.

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enough

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Enough of filling spaces with vacant, incoherent dreams. Enough of feelings wasted, unexpressed, bursting at the seams. Enough of fretting about the mundane, clogged up with cerebral clutter. Enough of classifying the profane, caring too much what others mutter. Enough of unchartered judgements, of confining categories. Enough of dwelling in... read more about enough.

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