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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 1h

Not one to break norms in the past, one day, he decided to act out and got an #earring in a single ear. It was as though he saw a George Micheal album cover and thought, "How rebellious." A real Midwest milquetoast #libertine.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 1d

Cigarette butts nestled upon cold #ashes loiter in a tray beside a plate of forgotten #peas. Best accompanied by an empty glass and hardened memories. Maybe tomorrow's sun will hatch better times.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 2d

Good and evil #clash on repeat, an eternal struggle. Why some have broken moral compasses seems an unanswerable riddle. Follow that arc as it continues to bend. #Granted it is slow, but #only_one solution is acceptable: justice.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 2d

Truth.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 3d

I always thought introducing someone as an #associate screamed #power move. But I got greedy. It doesn't work with cats. "This is my associate, Gingersnaps." Nope.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 6d

What magic conjurs dreams? Where a bookstore winds on for miles, like a cozy labyrinth. Deep within, a #cow reads old #pulp mysteries, guessing at whounit, but she's only right on occasion. Ah, the brain's fertile weirdness in its subconscious state!

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 7d

Time sprinkles glitter on memories, smoothing harsh edges on the past, offering the mirage of an #oasis from #remorse.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 8d

Afternoon lost in a #book, the day a #blur as I devour the story of someone else's experiences. Fiction fostering empathy is never wasted time.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 9d

I escape the sepia streetlights of the city into the #country, where moonlight filters through naked trees to #shred the hillsides blue. Strange how I enjoy the muted palette after the sun's retreat. Night's cool #conundrum.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 10d

Lies spun into a #web so intricate no one can #sublimate the truth.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 13d

As a candidate, he hadn't realized how #sonorous his #lapel pin had been. It hearkened back to when he had put up colorful posters with vapid promises as he ran for student body president, except now a tiny enamel flag seemed to do the trick.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 14d

The #caprices of the day's weather wrote his menu. A sticky, humid day drew a fresh cobb salad. A crisp autumn evening hung with woodsmoke called for a hearty #chili. So after the tsunami hit, we had sushi. I didn't ask where he got the fish.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 15d

The #piano banged out an upbeat ragtime tune. Impossible not to tap one's foot. But it would change. It always does. Like dark clouds at a picnic, or a friendship gone sour, the music always seems to change to a minor key. Sadness an #eventuality.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 16d

Percussion prodigy, destined to be a #bellwether in the #field of drumming, he flew to musical fame on his simple enjoyment of #banging on things.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 16d

Beach towns are the best!

Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 17d

Slate grey skies at the beach, pillowy clouds the world's comforter. Crisp, brackish air grabs my cheeks like an aunt I haven't seen in too long. I squeeze #blond sand between my toes. Sometimes, I don't need the sun to #reinvigorate my soul.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 20d

Linear plans for the day derailed by an unhealthy #extrusion. Packed lunch and calorie count discarded like forgotten detrius. This is the power of the #street taco.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 21d

Taking #stock of his situation, no good solutions presented themselves, so he decided to fight and #stride into oblivion. Oblivion had no way of understanding what it had coming.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 22d

Ideas #branching into nonsense. #Synthesis of memories, thoughts, and speculation blend to a dream. Fantastical but wrapped in the mind's slight of hand. Can cats fly? Perhaps here they can. Limit pizza intake before bed.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 23d

The #charmless river flows lethargic, waters the color of coffee with just too much milk. The boat floats without haste into the delta, and there we find the blossoming #lotuses, their gentle colors #conspiring to warm the coldest of hearts.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 24d

Cherish those true to their character. Funny how some can #rein in their moral #compass.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 26d

I have a good specimen to study!

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 27d

Stoic cat, lithe with the #potential for majestic. Resembling the great beasts of its ancestors as it perches upon the #border of a sunbeam. Ears flatten, eyes widen to saucers, and in a flash, only chaos in the dust motes remains. Behold the zoomies.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 28d

Poppy fields sway in a gentle breeze, washing away the #exhaustion of mourning the dead. #Memorial to those who died because of greedy men.

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 29d

Once I lived in the desert. At first I found it harsh but beautiful. Eventually it grew #unbearable. Cold nights and baking days, sand a pervasive annoyance. How I longed for the softness of a lush green lawn, absent of the insidious #cacti, happy to hurt you.

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