The wrist brace came after, not before, because I didn't know he'd be coming, while I slept, to invade my dreams, to almost break my wrist with his supernatural strength, so I went to sleep unprepared, to wake this morning, with this pain in my wrist. So the wrist brace is part of the cure and not the better prevention. You may ask what happened to my angel. The ancients and elders warn and say, when you sleep naked, in shame, the angels look away.
#SixOfThrones
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A duende is a creature associated with Latin American, Filipino and Iberian folklore. In Trinidad, he is called a Douen. Originally a contraction of the phrase dueño de casa or duen de casa, which translates as "possessor of a house", they have no thumbs and if you show them yours, they will try to take them.
#SixOfThrones
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Retired, but only to bed. In this boxing match of life, I will rise again tomorrow, rested, to continue the fight. Don't count me out.
“In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains, mmm mmm“ -Paul Simon 'The Boxer'
"Therefore I do not run like one who runs aimlessly, or box like one who beats the air." - 1 Corinthians 9:26 (Holman Bible)
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 SixContest: Have you been wronged, betrayed, or simply seeking revenge? The Ides of March are upon us and so: Say It in Six!. 
[Six Gallery Image taken August 8 2011 5:37 PM, Mona Heights, Kingston 6, St. Andrew, Jamaica]
ADVICE
Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord
BY AllenRoy on March 9, 2019
With a little editing and tweaking, St. Paul inspires 6 words, befitting this Ides of March theme. He actually writes, in his Letter to the Romans (12:19 KJV), "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." He is actually quoting Deuteronomy 32:35 (KJV), which says it slightly differently, but gives another good six-word quote:
"To me belongeth vengeance and recompence".
And if we further examine St. Paul's we can find 3 more (one similar) six-word quotes:
"it is written, Vengeance is mine"
"I will repay, saith the Lord"
"Vengeance is mine; I will repay".
This is good advice for the broken-hearted and betrayed: leave it to God and time.
And that is my concluding six-word advice this Sunday evening.
"Leave it to God and time"
Allen Roy MacPherson, Sunday March 3 2018 #IdesOfMarchInSix
"Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; He will come and save you." -Isaiah 35:4
Your God will come with vengeance
He will come and save you
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Thus to dust, we all return
Dust to dust, ashes to ashes
Cross, Cemetery, St. Andrew Parish Church, Half Way Tree, St. Andrew, Jamaica, Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
"Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Repent and believe in the Gospel.......
Return to the Lord with all your heart; leave the past in ashes and turn to God with tears and fasting, for He is slow to anger and ready to forgive"
-the Priest's Admonition
Ash Wednesday Liturgy
The Book of Common Prayer (CPWI)
[Anglican] Church in the Province of the West Indies.
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My mother died on Ash Wednesday
Her last words were to angels
Who serenaded her on her way
To God and up to heaven.
They asked her to join in
But she didn't want to sing.
It must have been a hymn
She knew, but said, "You sing."
By diabetes, most her life, stricken
And yet she died from cancer.
Accompanied by angels up to heaven,
Serenaded by an angelic, heavenly chior.
Died at the age of 77;
Would have been 78 that year;
Serenaded by angels up to heaven
On February 9 2005 Ash Wednesday.
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