By Bruno Talerico
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Gazing at each otherwe often see obstacles and barricades. The depth of our ignorancelies in the belief of separateness.Life is so much betterwhen beautifully shared.Love is looking outward togetherside by side, hand in hand.© 2025 Bruno TalericoStafford challenge 194/365.Inspired by writings of Tom Robbins.
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On a backdrop of crushed velvetLuna shines and Solaris glimmers.Artists within the tribe, entangled,snagged by the beauty of the moment.Someone taps a rhythmic beatslow and steady like a heart at rest.One-at-a-time others juxtapose unique sounds.singly made sounds gradually entrainedinto a single, complex melody.Diverse voices spontaneously chantnarrative tales of bold adventurepunctuatedby ballads of love and loss.Word…
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Disclaimer for legal and insurance proposes:This is a sad fictional commentary about the prioritization of sensationalism and the questionable accuracy, veracity and integrity of commercial news resorting and the use of spelchek and auto connect without proof breeding.Crash And Burn“Flight 123 XYZ crashed on the runway,at least thirty dead and hundreds injured.”Within minutes the reporterinterviewed…
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lightning flashes zig-zag across pastel skythunder crashes rolling and rumblingrain pouring down in great cleansing splashesnatures teardrops beating against window panes like heart beating against rib cagelike giant snowbird floating against clouded sky like broken lovepouring from saddened eyes ©2024 Bruno Talerico revised 2025Stafford challenge 191/365.
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the roller coaster of life is intensethat’s why we get onit’s bound to be invigoratingit’s sure to be enlighteningbuy a ticket,climb aboard, take the rideyou can’t get off until the endso hang on tightly© 2025 Bruno TalericoStafford challenge 190/365.
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don’t disappoint the congregationatoms aren’t alive.yet sometimes,a few million, billion or trillion lifeless particlesdecide to congregate,they mix, blend and work togetherfor six-hundred-thousand hours(give or take)to be Youhydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, mundane atoms,commonly found throughout the universe,atoms that are nothing special, except:they are You.although not alive,mundane atoms combine into enzymes,proteins, lipids, carbs, eventually formingbones, muscles, guts, flesh,…
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he is danger.shocking vivid stories told with raw language beauty, appearing upon heels of violence,tragedy, relieved by humor.life as he knows it, magically appears in listener’s mind.she feels attraction, compelled to lean toward him.burning, blazing charismatic manvolcano spouting strength, robustness, health. what he offers, terrifies.compelled drawn like a magnet to it’s opposite pole,counter impulse, to…
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preferred form haikujust seventeen syllablesin three simple lines© 2025 Bruno TalericoStafford challenge 187/365.
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here’s the thingbeyond what we can comprehend there will always existthe incomprehensible contrary to popular sentiment the universe does notowe us an explanation© 2025 Bruno TalericoStafford challenge 186/365.
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In front of the periwinkle wall,on the chipped porcelain tabletop,in the clear glass vase,a single thorny branch bearsa lonely pink rose.The gentle summer breeze movessheer lavender curtains as I gazethrough the window to my madnessEdgar’s raven perches defiantly upon my sanityjust out of my reachand I cry.© 2025 Bruno TalericoStafford challenge 185/365.
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