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Paul Tyree

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The New Arrival

The house had been emptied for so many years, and the silence of the emptiness was deafening. It was a sad sight to look at this once lively place that held as many memories as a scrapbook filled with old pictures and memorabilia. I tried to close my eyes tightly and see what exactly I could remember when I let my own thoughts roam freely. I tried to catch a blurred glimpse of what had been and imagine I was still there in the past partaking of those moments that you hope will last forever. This would now be haunting memories as I could not ...

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Life Changing Altercations

The creature was meshed together with many heads and parts of its body that reflected a merger that would either make it stronger or weaker. It was known to no one and was known by all. It had a power to be reckoned with and yet it was relaxed and non-pressuring in its ability to mesmerize you with a gleam in its eyes. If you looked at its eyes for any length of time it could make you become whatever it wished for you to be, yet would cause you unlimited happiness or joy, but too much of any good thing can still bring you pain. It was from s...

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The Idea that came to Life

It was as though I had a light bulb moment and the ideas came rushing in like a waterfall at Niagara Falls. It was the epiphany and once started, it just would not stop.I lingered in my thoughts and was very aware that I had been thinking about this for many years prior to this moment of actually putting the ideas onto paper. I sat there in my bed for the longest time and pondered the thoughts as they played across my mind like a drive-in movie. It was frightening at first, then it became more apparent that I was needing to make this a reali...

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The Vastness of the Universe

To lay down and look up at the night sky is different than looking at the sky in the daytime. It gives you sense of wonder and awe. Yet you have no idea what is out there beyond the sky or the atmosphere. You keep thinking and wondering what the universe holds in store for us and even when we slip into the outer atmosphere and in the universe, we still have no idea what is out there beyond our own galaxy, or even the Milky Way.The planets that we learned about in grade school, that we learned about in middle school and even in high school we...

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The Past Memories Define the Present

To look into the past, through a crystal ball or to believe you can know what to look for in the first place.It will keep you guessing as you use the clues you have collected and pieced together to form a puzzle of epic proportions. It will leave you mesmerized and spell bound in such a way that you will think you actually returned to the past and will try to change the past to equal up with the present, yet the present you are separated from will be different from the one you left behind."Who is to say you could do this in real time and sti...

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And We're Live!!!

This is Dean Groupe, live on the scene, of a bus stop filled with at least two people waiting for the Number 9 bus to Jersey City. I will slowly approach them, cautiously and hope for the best when I finally tell them they are on News 68, with their own embarrassing moments, seen and heard by millions of viewers. At this moment I am seeing more people arriving, either to catch the Number 9 bus or the number 13 bus that will be heading to Atlantis Under the Sea Casino. As I get closer, a hand touches my shoulder and I freeze in place. I turn ...

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Sometimes Repeating Causes Reinventing

One never knows if they will be singled out of something by someone who focuses their sights on them, either by intentional or unintentional means.Living in the moment, placed in the spotlight and singled out are part of the embarrassment and shame followed by being uncomfortable and anxious. Then the moment becomes seared in the memories of all those who were there when it happened, and the rest of the audience breathed a sigh of relief.Fear and desperation make getting noticed to be the root of all things that make one become white as a gh...

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Time is Not on Our Side

This is possibly the last entry in my diary that no one will ever read.It will document all the events that led up to this final countdown and possibly the most horrific moment in the history of mankind.The events entered will keep you wondering if they are true, real and actual, yet have you second guessing the outcome of all things sane and normal.The date was Tuesday November 21st, 2099. The last 10 seconds of celebration before our entry into the year 2100 A.D. We were testing rocket boosters that would make what once took several decade...

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The Memories Faded

"Do I know you?" "Did you cross my mind?" "Were the memories of you vivid?" "Are the memories once there now since hid?" "Who were we meant to be?" Now that time has slipped away.For the love that once wrapped us up, now linger longingly in the darkness. You were once part of my life and were part of my past. The present moments passed on, with no future in their grasp. The glasses since silent, the shouts of cheer muted, and no one is left who knew us. We came to be and then we parted way. the void was great, the heart longs for your smile....

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Somehow The Ending seemed More Fact than Fiction

The one time you get a great idea for a story that would never be believed or considered to be true. The insiders and the outsiders are based on characters that are brought to life by the stroke of a key or the whisp of a pen, writing down all this information as it is placed on paper and read back later for mistakes. The characters take on a life of their own and they seem to leap off the pages as they follow a set of rules only meant to be obeyed by them. You mix a little white lie with the truth as you begin to put your story into a writt...

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Four Businesses came to Town

These places known to only the ones who started this were not sure that they would succeed and then become bigger and convince other people and businesses to follow their lead. The cafe arrived with its aroma and promises of giving you a boost for your morning commute. No matter whether by wagon, horseback, or arriving on the local train ride from there to here, you would be surprised what a nickel could give you in return. Stop into sample the latest new flavors of coffee at Cliff and Biff Cafe before heading to the bakery and bookstore. Th...

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To Open and Close the Book

To open and write down that things that are part of your day then realize that you meant to remember more things that you may have forgotten earlier. You see an old friend, your favorite book that you never seem to be able to put down. Each time you reach for this book, and you open its cover, turning each page and enjoying the words as they seem to leap off the pages as if to teach you something new. No matter how many hundreds of times you were drawn to this book, like an old friend it keeps you wondering and wishing. The hours spent tryin...

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Too Much can be Overkill

The road less traveled can lead you nowhere. You are always in search of the very thing that you may regret learning. You are wanting to find a solution to every problem even when there is no problem to find a solution for. You must first know who you are and what you want out of life before you can advise others of what they are wanting your advice for. Living in the moment may mean you miss out on so many other smaller things and yet you are not willing to change directions, even when doing so, you are waiting for the opportunity to change...

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Offended Deadline: 11:23 P.M.

I am standing by the airline gates waiting for my flight, before I leave this place of hell on earth. I am supposed to switch places with the person with whom I am meeting and we will exchange a quick glance before the exchange of briefcases. Sounds like a spy movie or a monitoring of government information or even two people giving each other valuable top secret insider trading. It seems more or less top secret, but not what we are wanting to exchange. No there are no spies in the shadows or people speaking into headphones. There are no one...

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The Moment Come and Gone

The sense of something that may have happened and may have taken place, not like a dream or a flashback. Not like the moment you remember what happened on a certain day and at a certain time. It may make the hair on your neck stand up. The memory will be vivid and then fade away. You start to recognize the scent of perfume or the sound made or even the music that you hear in the distance as you see a familiar face and sigh or want to reach out, the moment is then dimmed and then lost. You walk around in a daze, and you stop to see if the mem...

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