Category: Confusion
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Charlie the Dog
Is your dog real?She said to meWhen clearlyIt was plain to seeThe dogUpon the chair back wasStuffed.And motion free.A bit of doggy nonsense for a Wednesday. And why not?By the way, Charlie’s a toy sheepdog… real and yet not at the same time. He’s less of the Mansion’s guard dog and more of a draught…
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Sudden Change
Zach woke shivering. He looked at his clock: 4.45am. Temperature –1. Zach leapt from the bed and threw on whatever clothes he had handy. “Minus One!?” He remembered it being swelteringly hot last night as he lay on top of the bed. He looked out of the window. Snow was falling. Settling. The garden shed…
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Hut 51
Secrets. Always secrets. Why? What does it matter what they do inside these huts? Why have they cordoned off the area yet I’ve got through? Are they watching me? Do they know I’m here? I’ll have a look inside one of them. Just a quick look… it won’t hurt. Then, I’ll know. I’ll know if…
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The Leap Second
Did you enjoy yesterday’s Leap Second? At the time of its appearance I was well away in the land of nod, but earlier in the day had an ideal opportunity to put the Leap Second to good use as my internet connection went on the fritz and I had to wait a few seconds for…
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Night work?
The night air was damp. And stinky. It was always the same on nights like this. An eerie green glow filtered through the almost slimy feeling fog that obliterated virtually everything in view. Some patches were clear, but mostly, reality had been swallowed by this murky atmospheric mist. The Full Moon pierced the dankness, which…
The Mansionic Perspective 