• Congregation

    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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  • Moth To Flame

    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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  • Honoring Haiku

    preferred form haikujust seventeen syllablesin three simple lines© 2025 Bruno TalericoStafford challenge 187/365.

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  • Reality Check

    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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  • Optical Delusion

    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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  • Get On With It

    life’s not easy,stop trying to make it so.life’s not fair, never was,isn’t now, never will be.climb out of that entitlement trap.stop feeling like you’re a victim.you are not.life’s not easy,get over it!get on with it!define your success, thenput in the work to maintain ittend your garden daily.nurture the important, weed out the rest.our most valuable…

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  • Breathe It Down

    your agenda doesn’t mean shitshe is all aroundshe is beautiful, suck her inbreathe her down to your crotchshe’s therewaiting on the other sideshe could just as soon kill youcould eat you alivebeautiful bitchwhy separatego to her embrace herbreathe it downgo to the other sidemaybe you’ll be golden lightpost mortemspiritual practiceswill not save youthere is no…

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  • Stuck In The Middle

    having travelled a long way with more still to gomeans we are always somewhere in betweenalways between places we’ve been and places yet to be seenalways between people we’ve known and those we haven’t metalways between birthand the afterlife© 2025 Bruno TalericoStafford challenge 182/365.

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  • Sky Full Of Stars

    in the sky full of stars are you another one of the distracting multitude, or are you the one with the gravitational pull to keep me grounded? © 2025 Bruno Talerico Stafford challenge 181/365.

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  • Literary Idolatry

    If I were to slip a book to all children,it would be a book so slipperythat it slides them into a new domain,not of ideas, but of experiences and feelings.Money is not real, consumable wealth.A book is not life. Idolizing a single book is like eating paper currency. The use of a book, is to…

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