Activities of Mary Champion

The waves are so calming
The wildfires are alarming
The deathly air bites at you so cold
As the plants cripple and fold
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The beauty of manhole covers--what of that?
Like medals struck by a great savage khan,
Like Mayan calendar stones, unliftable, indecipherable,
Not like the old electrum, chased and scored,
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Help others find joy in their days,
Wipe their tears in so many ways.
A kind word can light up the dark,
And silence melts with love's gentle spark.
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Here on the pale beach, in the darkness;
With the full moon just to rise;
They sit alone, and look over the sea,
Or into each other's eyes. . .
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The poor can also rise and shine,
With dreams and hopes that intertwine.
But this world, often claims the weak,
The rich build walls—so cold, so bleak.
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In the quiet depths of night,
Your laughter dances like stars,
Whispers echo, warmth ignites,
Time bends softly in our grasp.
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The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set -
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What is the central passion
of a life?
To please mummy & daddy?
To find a home for their furniture?
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The spider is an illusionist, tricking the world with delicate silk But they don't make my heart race fast Eight delicate legs, they glide past Making webs as silver as the moon Each thread a secret, spun in tune A little creep, but no fear here Spinning in tune every year The web sags slightly under the morning dews weight The webs shimmer, a quiet fate

As graceful as a rivers current, flowing through the grass The silent slither, seen as sinister, but I let it past Where they see danger, I see grace A misunderstood creature, no threat to embrace The snake sheds, in hope to forget the past knowing what he did would last Each scale a tear drop of their sad fate As it moves forward, shedding the weight In silence it slithers, a story to narrate
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All actors look for them-the defining moments
When what a character does is what he is.
The script may say, He goes to the door
And exits or She goes out the door stage left.
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