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Deception (Flash - 49 Words)
"I'm so glad you're safe." Dad gripped me tightly.
I blushed. "They wouldn't have hurt me, Dad. All they wanted was the ransom money that you willingly supplied."
"When that man called saying that you were being held captive, your mother almost fainted."
I smiled weakly. Now I was rich.
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The Palace Flophouse
When Newton closed his eyes beneath a tree
and took the apple from the serpent, he
conceived the urge of humanity, plea, plea,
procreant desire and tendency.
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