Posted by Brad Osborne on October 17, 2021 · 25 Comments
One of these advantages was access to fireworks from states in the south that were banned for use in Pennsylvania.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 8, 2021 · 17 Comments
Oh, mercy lay your hands on me
A wretched soul not yet set free
Proud soldier with unbent knee
A good death is all I beg of thee
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 11, 2021 · 12 Comments
I found the rabbit hole,
Looking to belong…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 10, 2021 · 15 Comments
I would say it with a touch of arrogance,
Knowing the freedoms others did not have…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 1, 2020 · 21 Comments
The metal sings in creak and groan,
As the depth and the pressure build…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 31, 2020 · 23 Comments
There in the faint, narrow headlights,
Under the bus grill’s evil grin,
Glowing set of yellow footprints,
Where the journey would thus begin…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 22, 2020 · 18 Comments
Were wrapped in greedy wishes,
And fingers crossed on hands…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 14, 2019 · 7 Comments
You speak to me of your great deed,
How you have carved yourself into the land,
A persistent and egotistical need,
Sought by only one so frail as a man.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 26, 2019 · 13 Comments
Oh, mercy lay your hands on me
A wretched soul not yet set free
Proud soldier with unbent knee
A good death is all I beg of thee
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 25, 2012 · 6 Comments
In the Qi Dynasty, a group of Court Ministers, highly established in their careers, were talking at an Imperial gathering and decided to go visit their old Master, now retired. They longed to show their sensei what they had achieved in their lives and bask in his pride for them. How happy he would be … Continue reading →
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