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Enduring

The shriek of a small child
Who awakens
Christmas morning to see
The tree transformed
By profusion of gifts
Brightly enticing the hem of
The skirt modestly concealing
Her barren ankles
The sharp delighted yelp
That escapes vocalizing
Shocked surprise when
Playfully splashed with
Frigid creek waters droplets
Drying quickly in the hot
Sun of summer
Daddy’s home! Yelled
High pitched giggled peals
Emitted heartbreak sob interspersed
Dot leader scattered between
Welcomed warming snuggles
Sharp pinprick pain needles
Penetrating vaccine dispensed
The sudden yelp involuntary sting
Quickly forgotten in the cheer
Of the subsequent prize the
Sugary lollipop proffered
Plopped soothingly orally calming
I have borne witness to
Each of these and more now carefully
Tucked away indelibly stored where
Delineated memory resides
Afflicts my days of
Impermeable silence
Solitude imbued
Ceaseless
Eternal
echo
echo
echo

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#MastoPrompt Monday 30 January 2023
#shriek
#SmallPoems #Poetry #MicroFiction #SmallStories

Last week, Kyiv residents had electricity for an average of 80% of the time, with outages occurring evenly in all three groups of buildings and lasting an average of 4 hours, 50 minutes, 4 hours, 51 minutes, and 4 hours, 58 minutes respectively.

The British Defense Secretary Wallace has stated that the UK may deliver the Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine closer to summer or in May. Ukrainian tankers have already arrived in the UK for training. Wallace also reassured that everything is going well and those who are looking for signs of treason should not worry as the tanks will arrive at the front unexpectedly.

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Ukraine has arrested 32 million Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH) belonging to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, in accordance with sanctions. The funds are from the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant, Ukraine's largest producer of metallurgical alumina and aluminum hydroxide. The investigation revealed that the plant was privatized in 2000 by Deripaska's Rusal holding, one of the world's largest aluminum producers.

The George Santos model is collapsing - Palmer Report

Somehow I missed the George Santos Vogue spread.

palmerreport.com/analysis/the-

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@TheOldGuy looking for the free speech petition to sign regarding investigating kavanaugh

Found out why it was not as cold as predicted last night. That cold front got delayed and is hitting now. 21⁰ at 6 AM and 18⁰ at 11:30 AM

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France and Australia have agreed to provide Ukraine with 155-mm artillery shells, according to the Defense Ministers of both countries. Thousands of shells have already been produced in collaboration, and this assistance will be ongoing. The first shipments are expected to arrive in the first or second quarter of 2023.

News that makes me smile from GeeDawg's Live Feed. I have become bloodthirsty in the last 11½ months.
According to intelligence, there is information circulating among the Russian military about the complete destruction of forces and equipment of a separate reconnaissance company attached to the 155th separate marine brigade of Russia, which took part in the assault on the city of Vuhledar in Donetsk region. The General Staff reported that the paratroopers suffered very heavy losses in a short period of time, showing that they were not as good as initially thought.

If this is it... - Palmer Report

Is this going to be the week the indictments come down????

That's what everyone is waiting for.

palmerreport.com/analysis/if-t

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Iran and Russia have joined forces to create an alternative banking system to bypass Western sanctions and the disconnection of SWIFT, according to Reuters. The new system will allow Iranian banks to open letters of credit, make transfers, and issue guarantees with Russian banks. The agreement was signed on Sunday and will connect 700 Russian banks and 106 non-Russian banks from 13 different countries. Central Bank of Iran Governor Mohammad Farzin wrote on Twitter that this new system will help restore the financial channel between Iran and the world. The US sanctions have caused inflation in Iran to reach over 50%, and more than 50% of Iranians are living below the poverty line. The Iranian authorities fear that economic isolation and lack of economic improvement could lead to further unrest.

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This book validated my #LongCovid experience.

A 🧵 of quotes:

"To have a poorly understood disease is to be brought up against every flaw in the U.S. health care system; to collide with the structural problems of a late-capitalist society that values productivity more than health; and to confront the philosophical problem of conveying an experience that lacks an accepted framework."

#mecfs #chronicillness #nonfiction #quotes #healthcare #covid #autoimmune #lyme

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@cautionarytale Indeed. These friends of mine got over their antisocial streak and flourished once they went to college or joined the rest of society. I guess being Goth was like their pupa phase. I also know some others who didn't move past their Goth teen phase, but they also come from some pretty horrid family situations ... the Goth aggression and meanness was and is their survival mechanism. A select few Goths were just plain a-holes, because they could and did.

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"I have always been a social person who thrives on deep connection with others. Like many type-A personalities, I was willing to work extremely hard, and accommodate myself to a great deal of pain, if a doctor just told me what to do and expect, or if I knew that my illness was being meaningfully researched. But the near total absence of recognition of how sick I was confounded me: it rendered my suffering meaningless."

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Too bad Lavrov did not elaborate how.
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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov stated that Kyiv could be used as a tool to harm Russians.

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