Greed

Just a little violet in the grass, set to feast on sunshine, drink up rain, meant to bless the wanderers who pass, meant to live and thrive and then to wane. But how the sky could wander wide and free! And how the dirt pressed hard against the root! She tipped and drained the sky; […]

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Copernicus Poternicus

People: Copernicus Poternicus, how come you deserted us?  We thought you would return with us from the megalopolis.    Copernicus: I could have predicted this confusion by contradicting your conclusion, but you inflicted a contusion  on my delicate constitution. Ay, ay, ay!  My cardiac! My tympanum! My scholastic, core curriculum! My endoplasmic (poor) reticulum! And […]

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