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[aid] => mick
[title] => The Door To Destiny
[time] => 2011-12-18 06:49:27
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[bodytext] => The Door To Destiny He stood - - remarkable since confined to bed was he - - And taking stock - - moved toward the light glowing bright In the dark. Uncertain of step - - he looked around - - How strange - - all had changed and nothing was in its place Looking back toward the bed - - he made out a face - - Heavy lined with skin of parchment. Turning - - no sound Met his ears and to the light he made. What strange night Was this? A door - - how so? There should not a door be Opening now - - and the light ever brighter - - round He turned but moved not the spectral sleeper - - so Forward with awkward step - - entering the brightness Behind him closed the door for good - - and on the bed The figure still moved not. What strange magic here? The face looked up - -quite blind - -quite dead - - for it was he [comments] => 2 [counter] => 131 [topic] => 31 [informant] => aliopterix [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => StoryPoetry )
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