Category: Animals
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From the shadows
Hypnotic eyes peer through the window as the first signs of twilight make their mark upon the world. Shadows stretch hither, thither and every wither, reaching, grasping, trying to consume whatever they can capture in their slow advance. Trees, buildings, walls… nothing can hold back the incoming darkness. Unblinking eyes remain unaware as they stare…
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Almost Rhymeless Nonsense
As I ate a sandwichThinking basically nothingI noticed a little problemAn itch somewhere beneath my elbow My cup which once contained liquidNow stands on the table emptyEmptied by the monsterBut that’s my little secret I trekked across the foyerNot straight but almost zigzagWhen through the window I glimpsedAn animal whose name doesn’t rhyme: a wolf…
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One Minute Doodle: Been Fishing
Weary. Hungry. Damp. Hot. And cold. Would you stop and wait whilst you had your portrait painted? This grizzly wasn’t very impressed either. Having never seen a grizzly up close before, this is a stretch of the imagination. After waiting in the stream for hours on end, and catching one salmon, I could imagine the…
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View from the window: Dragon’s Playground
They’re back. They’re here. It’s that time of year. The dragons return to the Grinds. The Mansion took me up high. To see them fly in the sky. And roar as they came in to land. They’ve not been here for a couple of years now, the dragons; it’s been quite quiet without them roaring…
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Dogs of the twilight realm
I was disturbed last night as I tried to settle down. The sun had only just set, the sky was that bright-yet-deep blue that one occasionally sees at twilight, the final throes of the light of day. Occasionally, there’s the odd sound that can be heard from out in the Grinds… a dinosaur’s roar, the…
The Mansionic Perspective 