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Quote of the Day - 7 January - “The Epiphany” By St Robert Southwell SJ (1561-1595)

Quote of the Day – 7 January – “The Epiphany” By St Robert Southwell SJ (1561-1595)

Quote of the Day – 7 January – The Second Day within the Octave of Epiphany Poem“The Epiphany” To blaze the rising of this glorious sunA glittering star appeareth in the eastWhose sight to pilgrim toil three sages wonTo seek the light they long had in request,And by this star to nobler star they paceWhose arms did their desired sun embrace. Still was the sky wherein these planets shinedAnd…

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[markussorealheis]

OUT OF DODGE

Darryl shot out the door at precisely 8:05 PM. Kelly, with a black eye, told him if he'd ever wanted to come back he'd better start acting like the prematurely grey, 35 year old benevolent father he claimed to be. He jabbed the key three times before it sank into the ignition of the rusted '87 Volvo. The snowstorm that kept interrupting CSI had already laid a thick blanket on the suburban Indiana streets. Cursing the Tom Petty CD that was scratched to hell, the light shifted green on First and Brown. A split second decision routed Darryl South, anywhere but here. The ice on I-65 grew as the mile markers ticked downward. "Last dance-ce-ce-ce-ce-ce-ce-ce." The CD ejects, and Darryl breathes a fog onto the disc when something on four legs leapt across the highway. Stomping down at 95 miles an hour, the breaks instantly lock. His hands at 10 and 2, Darryl's teeth gnash with the force of a vice. He skitters to a stop in the median, not a scratch on the old rust bucket. "Stop doing so much damn cocaine," Darryl pleads to his eyes in the rearview, retrieving a Pall Mall Red.