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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 18h

She doesn't mind the language, it's the beating she don't need She lets loose all the horses when the corporal is asleep And he wakes to find the fire's dead and arrows in his hats And Davy Crockett rides around and says it's cool for cats It's cool for cats (cool for cats) youtu.be/nKnnXwykQ20

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Squeeze - Cool For Cats (Top Of The Pops (1) 22nd March 1979 (Original Broadcast)

YouTube video by MrHbsauce, Punk Rock & New Wave videos

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 19h

Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes -Thomas Gray ’Twas on a lofty vase’s side, Where China’s gayest art had dyed The azure flowers that blow; Demurest of the tabby kind, The pensive Selima, reclined, [...] poemsancientandmodern.substack.com/p/todays-poe...

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Today’s Poem: Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes

Thomas Gray on glistering gold

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 21h

5:20 PDT! Wordle 1,931 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@RogerMcguinn5 @RogerMcGuinn sings of his love for the Little Brown Jug in the latest free download from #Folkden www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkde...

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Little Brown Jug – Roger McGuinn's Folk Den

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Poem in Which I Become the Moon - @Smalljones I hope that you enjoy having my face in view I climbed up here so I could look down on you

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy with four Wordle 1,930 4/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Two new small poems in the latest Brillig One based on a found diary entry; one a complete diary entry. The first from Kafka; the second by Buckley

Swimming in the Afternoon
-Kafka, August 1941

It was unbearable, the heat of it,
the oppressive fist of humidity,
the broad river offered a brief respite.

From the banks, I heard the calls to duty.
Germans had just declared war on Russians.
Now armies, like water, flow with beauty
in the moments before the bombs and guns.

Found Poem From William F. Buckley, Jr’s Overdrive

Timothy Leary
called, but didn't leave
a return number.
(That often happens.)

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Kafka sits in a chair by the shore, Thinking of the pendulum that moves the world, it seems. When your heart is closed, The shadow of the unmoving Sphinx, Becomes a knife that pierces your dreams. The drowning girl's fingers Search for the entrance stone, and more. youtu.be/2SgFPUpcjUk

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Kafka on the Shore - Murakami's book's song

YouTube video by Medias Rex

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lucky to have a five Wordle 1,929 5/6* ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You are my drinking buddy and you are my solid friend. I've known you for nigh on three years but I needed you long before then. You may not always be here to touch, but these thoughts of you comfort and mend. Oh, I love the drinking buddy and I need the solid friend. youtu.be/VlMRsPHsL88

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"drinking buddy" claudia schmidt @ the new varsity

YouTube video by Randy Lutge

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just out in The Rye Whiskey Review! Drinking Buddy - @smalljones The grim gargoyle between the mirror and the bar, is unsexed, fig-leafed by a Corona label. A whole graveyard of teeth is laid bare by its grin; every once ivory marker, smoked [...] ryethewhiskeyreview.blogspot.com/2026/09/drin...

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Drinking Buddy By Paul Jones

The grim gargoyle between the mirror and the bar, is unsexed, fig-leafed by a Corona label. A whole graveyard of teeth is laid bare by its ...

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy enough Wordle 1,928 4/6* 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We were so close, there was no room We bled inside each other's wounds We all had caught the same disease And we all sang the songs of peace Lay down, lay down Lay it all down Let your white birds smile up At the ones who stand and frown So raise the candles high youtu.be/IZ52lk9wjZI?...

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LAY DOWN Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers LIVE '70 (Candles In The Rain)

YouTube video by Melanie - Official Page of Melanie Safka

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Grandeur of Ghosts -Siegfried Sassoon When I have heard small talk about great men I climb to bed; light my two candles; then Consider what was said; and put aside What Such-a-one remarked and Someone-else replied. They have spoken lightly [...] www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43173/...

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Grandeur of Ghosts

When I have heard small talk about great men I climb to bed; light my two candles; then Consider what was said; and put aside What Such-a-one remarked and…

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

About time for a 3 Wordle 1,927 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Twa Corbies As I was walking all alane I heard twa corbies making a mane; The tane unto the t’other say, ‘Where sall we gang and dine the day?’ ‘In behind yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new slain knight; [...] www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/the-twa...

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The Twa Corbies

As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane; The tane unto the t'other say, 'Where sall we gang and dine to-day?'

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright Singing, "Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright" Rise up this morning, smiled with the rising sun Three little birds pitch by my doorstep youtu.be/9qqDuEP4okw

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Bob Marley - Three Little Birds [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by EpicMusicsOfficial

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Too many words! Wordle 1,926 6/6* ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Born Like the Pines -James Ephraim McGirt Born like the pines to sing, The harp and song in m’ breast, Though far and near, There’s none to hear, I’ll sing as th’ winds request. To tell the trend of m’ lay, Is not for th’ harp or me; [...] www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52457/...

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Born Like the Pines

Born like the pines to sing, The harp and song in m’ breast, Though far and near, There’s none to hear, I’ll sing as th’ winds request. To tell the…

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In the pines, in the pines Where the sun never shines And we shiver when the cold wind blows Who who hoo hoo hoo, who who hoo hoo hoo I asked my captain for the time of day He said he throwed his watch away A long steel rail and a short cross tie I'm on my way back home youtu.be/wL16u4uRyv8

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Bill Monroe - In The Pines (1952 Version)

YouTube video by 1950s MUSIC

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good morning Wordle 1,925 4/6* ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In or near San Francisco next week? Come see me at Manny's on Sunday October 4th at 2:30 followed by Novelist John Yewell at 3! www.eventbrite.com/e/something-...

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Something Necessary: An Afternoon of Poetry

Join us for this special reading and book signing with poet Paul Jones.

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Between Hallowe'en and Bonfire Night -Roddy Lumsden Just then, encountering my ruddy face in the grand piano's cold black craquelure, it conjured the jack-o'-lantern moon dipping up over the roofs of the Tenderloin. [...] www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

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Between Hallowe'en and Bonfire Night

Just then, encountering my ruddy face in the grand piano's cold black craquelure, it conjured the jack-o'-lantern moon dipping up over the roofs…

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Right Away - Joyce Mansour For S. All of this because I like to make love underwater Smearing my hair with fog and bile And let myself go in the depths of the couch With a hunched stable boy And a roaming finger All this because you know I was once a thief www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

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Right Away

All of this because I like to make love underwater Smearing my hair with fog and bile And let myself go in the depths of the couch With a hunched stable…

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hot change Got it right in the groove And a rang-a-tang Joe Is a ring-a-ding mood A little racka tacka tacka tacka run done thing A racka tacka tacka tacka run done thing A racka tacka tacka tacka run done thing Everybody wanna get rich right away youtu.be/z9sEI1z82vo

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(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away

YouTube video by Dr. John - Topic

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Splendid or so they say Wordle 1,924 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I hear the voice of America Callin' on my wavelength, alright Tellin' me to tune in on my radio I heard the voice of America Callin' on my wavelength A-singin' "Come back, baby Come back Come back, baby Come back" youtu.be/l6oZK004AWM

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Van Morrison - Wavelength (Live at Montreux 1980)

YouTube video by Van Morrison on MV

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wavelength -David St John They were sitting on the thin mattress He’d once rolled & carried up the four floors To his room only to find it covered nearly all Of the bare wood Leaving just a small path alongside the wall & between them was the sack [...] www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47515/...

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Wavelength

They were sitting on the thin mattress He’d once rolled & carried up the four floors To his room only to find it covered nearly all Of the bare wood…

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Some call it Luck Wordle 1,923 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I ran into the fortune-teller Who said, "beware of lightning that might strike" I haven't known peace and quiet For so long I can't remember what it's like There's a lone soldier on the cross Smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door You didn't know it, you didn't think it [...] youtu.be/uPSrptR6Vss

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Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind - Live - 1976

YouTube video by wildmercuryfilms

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do ya? It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing "Hallelujah" youtu.be/Hfp9bQk3g9o

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Leonard Cohen : "Hallelujah" - Montréal Jazz Festival (2008)

YouTube video by Frank Lyalone

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Psalm 131 - George David Clark My heart is not proud. I am satisfied with generic cereal. I drive a Toyota Camry to work in the right-hand lane and do not rush through yellow traffic lights. My most important meetings are not important to the welfare of states [...] rattle.com/psalm-131-by...

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Psalm 131 by George David Clark - Rattle: Poetry

My heart is not proud.

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Close, closer, closer, AHA 1,922 5/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fame is the one that does not stay - It's occupant must die Or out of sight of estimate Ascend incessantly - Or be that most insolvent thing A Lightning in the Germ - Electrical the embryo But we demand the Flame - Emily Dickinson www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56826/...

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"Fame is the one that does not stay -" (1507)

Fame is the one that does not stay - It's occupant must die Or out of sight of estimate Ascend incessantly - Or be that most insolvent thing A Lightning…

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

51 years ago Fame (fame) makes a man take things over Fame (fame) lets him lose hard to swallow Fame (fame) puts you there where things are hollow Fame (fame) Fame not your brain it's just the flame That puts your change to keep you sane (sane) Fame (fame) youtu.be/HTmiXByd5Qc

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David Bowie | Fame | Live on the Cher Show | 18 September 1975

YouTube video by Nacho Video

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Too many words but not a bad outcome Wordle 1,921 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just out today! From @charlottelit Confessing Love Inside an Abandoned Barn - Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social By the time I saw the words carved into the hayloft’s plank, no one had been inside except maybe some scruffy, awkward teens [...] litmosphere.charlottelit.org/issues/2026f...

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Paul Jones - Litmosphere

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just out of spite, I confess I've ruined three lives Now don't sleep so tight Because I didn't care till I found out that one of them was mine Night after night time time after time Done too much of both types of whining Still wasn't right fight after fight youtu.be/xB-hgtWl8A8

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The English Beat: Live At The US Festival - "I Confess"

YouTube video by Shout! Studios

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Phew! Wordle 1,920 6/6* 🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

People and a Heron -Robinson Jeffers A desert of weed and water-darkened stone under my western windows The ebb lasted all afternoon, And many pieces of humanity, men, women, and children, gathering shellfish, Swarmed with voices of gulls the sea-breach. [...] poets.org/poem/people-...

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People and a Heron

A desert of weed and water-darkened stone under my western windows

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

By the road where I'd been sleeping Them night-long trucks, as they roared by They could not drown my weeping And it was me, and I alone Who looked toward the far horizon And I saw King Heron On his dead tree throne And I knew not which to keep my mind on youtu.be/KeKxaoRRq9k

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Ralph McTell VRC0326 Heron Song

YouTube video by BristolRon

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Well well well About time Wordle 1,919 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Here is a taste of the great rum-runners Ships that sailed on the velvet harbor Crews that broke the jug and poured your blood Like flowing rum upon the sand Sinking down, down, down Upon the sand, upon the sea Upon the hills of liquid green They rise to fall, they rise again youtu.be/xOd9EaCT4zM

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Robert Hunter Band - Rum Runners - 3/17/1978 - Capitol Theatre (Official)

YouTube video by Session Spotlight

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm a-walkin' in the rain Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain Wishin' you were here by me To end this misery I wonder, I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder Why, why, why, why, why, why she ran away And I wonder a-where she will stay My little runaway, a-run-run, run, run, runaway youtu.be/nSkV9pdzLgo

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Del Shannon "Runaway" Live - David Letterman 1987

YouTube video by All Things Del Shannon

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Running Away -Rosemary Tonks [...] I was a guest at my own youth; under The lamp tossed by a moth for thirteen winters Sentenced to cabbage and kisses By She who crammed an Earth against my feet and [...] www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57639/...

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Running Away

In the green rags of the Bible I tore up The straight silk of childhood on my head I left the house, I fled My mother’s brow where I had no ambition But…

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I know toooo many words 1,918 5/6* 🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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