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Because let's face it, that's what this "April Fools Day" is really about. Saying absurd nonsense and then laughing at anyone who takes you seriously. How did this become socially acceptable again?
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'We get the day, they get the night.'
"Mama, why's everybody afraid of the dark?" the little girl asked; she herself had never understood the common, childhood cliche fear. She couldn't explain why not, it just 'didn't seem scary'.
Her mother laughed, tucking the child into bed. It was just dusk, the appropriate age for a child of such a young age to go to sleep. "See, dear, the night time doesn't belong to us. You're not supposed to take what doesn't belong to you; but nature gives people a reason not to." The young girl scrunched her nose up, musing upon the offered answer, "Why doesn't it belong to us?" "Because we have to share. We're not the only beings on the earth. We get
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Day
Warm and orange sky,
Scent of rain and blue puddles,
Epiphany dream.
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There's Always a Flag Flying at Half-Mast
"There's Always a Flag Flying at Half-Mast"
by Seth Shirer
There's always a flag flying at half-mast,
hanging limply up there on the flagpole,
because of some tragedy now since past,
And now our hearts each bear an empty hole.
What bad thing happened somewhere this time?
What horrific scenes will be in the news?
Go hear the rushing vehicles and klaxons,
emergency response teams, rescue crews.
No one seems safe wherever they should be,
not even the children placed in their schools.
The evil ones seek infamous glory,
While bystanders look, act and feel like fools.
Some crazy people do these wicked deeds
in the name of some worshiped foul be
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A reminder that today is April Fools Day, the worst day of the year. We all kind of have bigger problems, so maybe saralexxia and pals could spare us the *expletive* for once?
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Oh man, Sara gets an HoO shoutout on dA, but I've only been lucky enough to run into you over at CHYOA.
"WORLDS ARE COLLIDING HERE!"