50. Part of me grew up the day Superman blew his brains out.
51. Bowling: Quantity not quality.
52. A wooden wagon propelled by the light of the moon.
53. Inside each of us is a skeleton waiting its turn.
54. Tracking you sometimes I see my own footprints.
55. The mind feeding off the carrion in the heart.
56. Hope springs internal.
57: Incident on the highway: There’s one less tarantula in the Nevada desert.
58: Double positive can equal a negative: “I will always love you forever.”
59: The sadness of the empty dish after the unsatisfying meal.
60: Told to me in a dream: "Because we matter too much in this world."
These are great, Alan. In my dream it was "Because we suffer too much in this world," but there was a chorus of hooligans so I didn't take it seriously. What you say makes more sense. I know the sadness of that dish. But ever the romantic I had thought Superman (George Reeves) jumped off a building. I stand corrected. -- DL.
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