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Paul Tyree

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2024

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I Never Understood

Paul Tyree

I always say, "I never understood. I will never understand." "No matter how many times you spend explaining to me what you feel I need to know, I will reply with "I don't understand." "It is due to my not fully using my brain or having more brain farts than the average person." "Maybe it's due to my not having a certain level of normal intelligence." "Maybe I just do not comprehend the basics and am always in a cloudy moment mentally." "No rhyme or reason to explain the various reasons behind my lack of basic knowledge or basic complete comp...

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From Bad to Worse

Paul Tyree

"How can you get from point to the next point, with making a human footprint?" "How can you know when the road ends at a dead end?" "When will the moment arrive that can take you higher than you ever thought possible?" "If you know so much, how can one never truly know enough?" That turning a present mistake, and trying to resolve it, may or may not make it worse than before even with the smallest of resolutions. It depends on what you are trying to use as the resoultion and how bad you want to fix the problem. Some problems have no resoluti...

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"What me Worry?"

Paul Tyree

"What me worry?" "You darn right I worry, not only once a day but more, way more than I used to." "I mean I worry about lots of things, silly to most, yet to me, they are important, more so than before." "I worry about various things from spiders and snakes to things striking the Earth and causing end time catastrophes." "Seems that I worry too much and overthink things that are everyday occurrences, or are normal to most, yet I worry I am going to die from a simple touching of my hand on moldy things, and it will cause my hand to rot off." ...

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Not On My Watch

Paul Tyree

So I was supposed to enlist in a limited tour of duty, then they surprised me with an additional amount of money, only if I decided to sign up for extra duty. I was simply ok with this additional money, but it was fine print that I was not clear on. Very simply put, I was not sure what was supposed to happen, much less being involved in solving other people's or other countries' problems. This is not what I had signed up for. I was unaware of what would happen if I backed out, or if I changed my mind, or worse yet was where they would plac...

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Two More Places at the Same Time

Paul Tyree

I was beginning out my day, walking, deep in thought, when I was drawn to a bright white light. I was not sure if I were awake or dreaming, as this was how my dreams would materialize, and always ended up being on the therapist couch, having to share my thoughts about my experiences. I was never so happy to share them. It was an out of body experience that he was thrilled about knowing, like someone watching you while you were having an intimate moment. It was very disturbing. I would start out walking down a newly lit path, in the city...

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The Sun Sets and the Sun Rises

Paul Tyree

Oh how the sun sets, and the sun rises in the same way and order from the beginning of time, though most have never noticed this. "Is it because the rotation of planet Earth, or the way the sun and moon are chasing each other, or what is it that from the start of time and space that have some sort of agreement with each other as to who leads and who follows?" No matter what the reason(s) are, there are some places on Earth which are hidden in plain sight gems. And most, if not all of them are so obvious and wonderous, they breathe life, brea...

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Alas Babylonia has Fallen

Paul Tyree

Submitted to Contest #300

Alas the once Great City of Babylon has fallen prey to the very things that once made it great and wonderful for all who were participants in its many adventures and all that it offered. "How can this city fall not unlike other cities, such as Rome, Egypt, Sodom and Gomorrah, Syria and all the many others that fell prey to their own wickedness and undoing?" "Was it their greed to be bigger and better than all the other cities who were possibly there long before they arrived and took over for their own purposes?" "What made one city greater t...

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The First to Arrive and the Last to Leave

Paul Tyree

It had been several years since I had decided to visit and it was supposed to be only a simple one, two-day visit at the least. There were many places I would visit only once, and these two places were at the top of my list of things never to repeat. Those two places were a church and a funeral. They were two of the least favorites and they always had a dim view of what were the reason(s) behind my not wanting to be in or at either. Funerals were the saddest kind of place to be, especially depending on who the funeral was for, and how they h...

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What Lies Underneath

Paul Tyree

When you have lived in a town, like the one I live in, for so many years, you begin to find out and figure out about all the many reasons why others have skeletons in their closets. Of course, it's better to leave the dead exactly where they were buried at. When you are walking down the street, and the eyes of the neighborhood are following you every step of the way, as though they wonder where you have been and where you are going. They are worried that you have been talking to others about them, as though you have been sharing their secret...

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I always Wonder Why?

Paul Tyree

I always wonder why? "The stars hang freely in the sky". "I always wonder why?" "What I want to be when I grow up". "I always wonder what is out there in space". "I always wonder why I am here now in this time and place?" "I wonder who made me?" "I wonder who has a plan for me?" " I see things in the world even try to do them". "I look around and may decide to mimic someone, whether it is good or bad". "I follow by the examples set before me and have never been told I was right, or I was wrong". "In my eyes, I wish to be loved and looked out...

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Never Make a Promise You can't Keep

Paul Tyree

So Joshua was never one that could make up his mind, much less keep his word or a promise. He was always finding a reason or an excuse that he considered justifiable in explaining why he never kept anything for long. Joshua was beginning to produce some lame ones, farther from the truth, than when he had started doing this. First it was only every so often, then it was weekly and then it was daily. The longer he made them up the harder they became to be believed. It was starting to work on him to the point that he was sensing something was a...

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Only Once in a Lifetime

Paul Tyree

"Who knew this would happen?" "Who knew it would as it did and when it did?" "Why the hell did this happen, when it happened, to whom it happened and of course, in the manner it was carried out?" No one knows anything about anything that happens or can happen or might happen, but then the actual happens and then the shit hits the fan. But this is not a would of, should of, could of happen, it happened and now all hell is going to be breaking loose from its bondage and wreaking havoc on those who will be put in the mix of this. Some say it wa...

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To Laugh or not to Laugh

Paul Tyree

"To stand up or do stand up, that is the question?" "To lay down or to be laid down?" The list of these goes on and on, like there is never an end to all that may be funny to one and not so funny to another. "To lift a lot or to do a lot of lifting?" "To be the one or to be the one you want to be?" Things like this can get confusing. It all depends on the way you word something or how you word the words that you speak. "Can it get any more confusing if this had been planned out a month in advance?" I personally do not mess with the ones who ...

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Comedy in Its Unlikeliness

Paul Tyree

So this story was supposed to be 4 different people, finding a way to make the world smile and be happy. The people chosen for this idea are as follows: A magician, a comedian, a clown and lastly, a street performer. All these people perform a service to either help others laugh and feel good about themselves, or to liven up the mood and the moment. It is surely easy for some and harder for others. So, let's say this, if the street performer teamed up with the other three, then there would be music and would lots of laughter. Along with this...

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To Have Tried and Never Try Again

Paul Tyree

Oh the world is with many emotions and feelings and of course new and curious things that allow us to expand and venture out on our own. No matter what we find or discover to try, at first it can be scary, and we may hesitate to even begin to try new things, If nothing else, if for the uncertainty and the unknown. It varies from one thing to the next, it either will be easy and go over well, or may not be too easy and end in disaster. It is with this taking a chance moment that we see and feel that we can at least try, but even the idea can ...

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