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AscendancyStanding on the raw dirt road
Midsummer dusk softly descends
While ten thousand crickets tune up
For their nightly serenade

On either side the forest stands
Darkly green and mysterious...
fireflies spark on and off
in the deepening shadows,
obeying an ancient instinct

Drawing in a great breath
I smell the fresh cut grass...
the ripening rows of corn...
all that and more...combined
into that peculiar spicy scent
of summer air.

I close my eyes, arms outstretched
Reaching down into my core
Turning a hidden key with my mind...

...and I step
...into
...the
...air

Synchronous musculature pulling
Mightily

All RiseTinny music plays from a recessed speaker in the drop ceiling overhead.
Quiet sniffles and tears are heard randomly as the minister says his piece.
I sit there and think to myself, 'This is it? This is the scene at the end of the show? This is the tribute to an entire life?'

And I shake my head slightly, while inwardly I grimace in wonder at the...cheapness and futility I feel.
This act barely pays acknowledgement to the person, much less do justice to their life...

In a few minutes we'll rise and after the graveside ceremony, retire to the church basement
And chat as we eat potato salad and green beans.
On and on it goes...where your

The JackscrewSeemingly of its own accord, his hand stole to the butt of the blued-steel machine pistol.

Things had never gone so awry as they were going now. "The thing about being at rock bottom, is that, well..." He wasn't sure at all what the 'thing' was at rock bottom, other than a hard, abrupt landing.

But was that really true? Really how it went? Because looking at it now, it seemed as though hitting the proverbial bottom was like a man trying to cross the event horizon which surrounds all black holes. Even though the singularity is all consuming, is actually...swallowing light itself...all you can do is stare at it in dread fascination as you lin

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Autumn X: Idyllby *Blacksand459

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This is the 10th picture in my "Autumn" series: [link]

Location: Lapeer County, MI.

All Rights Reserved. 2012.

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Submitted on: October 26, 2012
Image Size: 7.4 MB
Resolution: 3872×2592

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Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Model: NIKON D60
Shutter Speed: 10/250 second
Aperture: F/4.8
Focal Length: 30 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Date Taken: October 24, 2012
Software: Ver.1.01

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~PuppyPal1000 Oct 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I love those colors

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*Blacksand459 Oct 28, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you!!

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