Tales from my head
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Politics and politicians are shit. The media makes it worse. It is better for politicians and media magnates when a country is divided, and even more so if the divide is binary! This way the money that can be made can be split down the middle. I think it is time for term limits for…
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Dogs are beautiful. Their owner is their god, protector, caregiver and world! They do not understand punishment and harsh words. They are simply tuned to your energy. They feel you! See them for the innocent, perfect souls they are and pack as much love into their short lives as you can. Our father who’s house…
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There was a time when I did not know you. I worked, ate, slept, laughed and lived like everyone else. I went through the motions of life. I did what was necessary and expected. I felt complete. I had all I wanted. I did not know that I lacked you. On the day we met,…
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Sunday morning church service started like every other. Congregants talked and laughed in hushed tones, genuinely happy to see each other, or faking it so masterfully that no one could tell the difference. They laughed, joked and judged each other by their cars and clothes, and secretly thanked their lord that they were doing so…
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Ong’s excitement is clearly visible on his face. The deep lines that usually divide the prominent ridges above his eyes are almost invisible, and his large ivory-colored teeth show through a wide grin. Tonight, both moons will be full, and he can choose a mate. He doesn’t have to choose; this choice was made a…
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It might be true that everyone in the world has ‘the one that got away’. It might also be true that we think about them often, wondering what could have been, wishing things turned out differently, so you could stay together. It might also be true that this ‘first love’ is nothing more than a…
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Every week has the same number of days. These days have the same names and occur in the same sequence. These days are equally long. People pack the same activities into these days. They all go to work at the same time and take lunch at the same time. They go home at the same…
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Michele was conceived against her mother’s will. The rapist kept the woman for five days in his run-down single wide. She used a Home Depot bucket for a toilet, careful to not knock it over with the chain padlocked to her left ankle. Another bucket with water was for drinking and washing. On the sixth…
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Hoekom stink ‘n poep so sterk in die kerk,en hoekom slaap ek die lekkerste by die werk?Hoekom is ons so haastig om groot te word,net om later te kla dit is sommer stront!Hoekom is ‘n grap so vreeslik snaaks wanneer vertel in ‘n klas of by ‘n begrafplaas?Hoekom word tyd en gesond gemors deur die…
Tales from my head 