The Replies Book

Didn’t know what to say, didn’t say anything, the eyes said it all.

No language needs as little translation.

It could be infra red or radio frequency or laser latching.

The brainstorming on a bowl of soup.

The best of all contacts beyond simple connection.

Just one look.

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All of us had exactly the same dream except everyone experienced it in a different country .

Unrecognizably beautiful airlines connected us.

Flights were as comfortable as soft slippers and crisp cotton robes worn at a gorgeous hotel, sitting at a small breakfast table on a marble balcony with dazzling views.

Fresh fruit was served in lyrical sentences accompanied by toast and muffins made of soothing promises.

We whispered at high volume.

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Pink or red. Let’s be definite!

In the second drawer you will find the collection of gems, paperclips and spare pencils.

The draft document may be there as well.

Best to take a photograph of the contents, make notes, write your name on the top page, add the date, file it and then take a vaccination against becoming a bureaucrat.

Now it’s time to hum a tune, add lyrics and try out the result on a few unsuspecting friends.

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Up for grabs.

Then, it’s nothing special.

What is not “up for anything” is a candidate for the hall of quality, value and delirious reward.

Now it’s time to take a sip, look around and listen.

Scratch a mark on the gatepost so you remember it twenty years from now.

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We were looking for the lesser striped lemur or its cousin, like our third cousin once-removed and once-detained.

Occasionally we wish that someone set in the same picture frame of our lives would behave differently.

Often the “way they are” is their choice. Once in a while, there is one who is out of control, their own and everybody else’s.

We hope they entertain and bring levity and mirth to many people.

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