Tag: cruelty
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Home Life
It’s here again. Morning darkness engaged in battle with a weakening sun and winning, little by little; the sycamore branch that scratches at my window in the gale, peevishly demanding the return of its clothes. A dog with ears pinned back against the roar, a helpless waste bin, lid flapping in panic, bowling by. …
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Micah
Bear with me for a while; it has been so long and I forget so many things. I forget, for example, exactly when I realised Micah was different to other boys I knew. When the doubts began, or the first glimmer of enlightenment – I really cannot judge. Let me see – was it…
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In Memoriam – Cecil the Lion
I imagine if you were to lay Homo sapiens out upon the anthropological slab and dissect him as a species you would come up with a number of anomalies. He is an ape, yet not – we can’t be sure. He has a large brain, yet not the largest. The brains of several less versatile…
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