The Pentagon, Washington D. C.

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Peter and the Lessen Plan
by Cliff Lake

In which we peer inside an empty shell...

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Bald eagle in flight.

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Wing of the Eagle
by Cliff Lake

In which promise does not go unanswered...

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torn bandage

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Scars
by Cliff Lake

In which we review injury we cannot see...

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Bloody money and bullets

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Another Fray
by Cliff Lake

In which we refuse the fictions...

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Moon above misty meadow

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Memories of Mist
by Cliff Lake

In which we search for what we don't know that we ever had...

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Home Front
by Cliff Lake

In which we review where the conflict lies...

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A city street after bombing

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The Brutal Peace
by Cliff Lake

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Clown-shaped atomic cloud

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Attack of the 80-Year-Old Clown
by Cliff Lake

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Feathered hat

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Troubadour
By Cliff Lake

In which we read of need answered...

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Ritual
by Cliff Lake

In which we observe the practice of intention...

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Snarling dog

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Top Dogs
by Cliff Lake

In which we seek integrity high and low...

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Test
by Cliff Lake

In which we search for dignity among chaos...

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Marathon
by Cliff Lake

In which we may not want to know what we must find out...

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Tiger eye stone with knife behind

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Talisman and Loss
by Cliff Lake

In which we examine an explainer...

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Skeletal person making hush signal

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New Faces and Old Fiends
by Cliff Lake

In which old terrors perform new tricks...

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U.S. Constitution on fire

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Washington Goose Step
by Cliff Lake

In which we find the past in the present...

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large flame

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In the Fire-Fens
by Cliff Lake

In which a hero is both found and lost...

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Bloody handprint

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Murder and Policy
by Cliff Lake

In which we see the blood on their hands...

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A TACO salad

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Hard Shell Breakage on Pennsylvania Avenue

In which we see what's on the menu...

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Republic Retrospection
by Cliff Lake

In which we review our standing:

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Contest
by Cliff Lake

In which the struggle is won by the peaceful...

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High Seat
by Cliff Lake

In which we examine our governance...

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Shots Fired
by Cliff Lake

In which the state has opened war on its people...

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The Animal Cornered
by Cliff Lake

In which we define what we are dealing with...

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Dreamless
by Cliff Lake

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Stain
by Cliff Lake

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Course Correction
by Cliff Lake

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The Price of a Meal
by Cliff Lake

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Turning Again
by Cliff Lake

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Fade
by Cliff Lake

In which we mourn a time seen only in dreams...

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