Sam Dickens

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November 1, 2025

A Story….. Once “Once upon a time”:… or so the stories go; hell, even the Raven’s Poe used these words: “once upon a midnight dreary.” But who is this knocking at my door? She was the once in my life and I welcomed her in once upon...

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FlatDaddy
9 months ago

We played this game in messages to each other very recently, did we not? Oh, on a much smaller scale, of course, and with much less beautiful words than those you have used here, my friend. i.e., “Ah, the sweet smell of success! Or is it the success of sweet smells? etc.” Yes? I like this version much better. You added beauty to it, and made it much more intimate and meaningful. What we did before was meaningless fluff, now a silk purse from a poet’s ear.
Fia Naturie
9 months ago

I am a fan of Poe’s I like how you changed each stanza around like that;))