In The Matrix, there is a scene where Cypher is having dinner with Agent Smith as the two discuss the terms for putting Cypher back into the Matrix. As I was watching it earlier today, I found myself wondering: How did he get in and out of the Matrix to sabotage Morpheus and his crew by himself? Everyone else needs an operator…
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Of unwritten poems and video screens (A poem)
Sometimes, I miss the window for getting something down on paper…
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Escape attempt (a poem)
Long day yesterday, so I ended up with just a few short poems.
The unspoken part of a conversation about not wanting to be alone (a poem)
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National Poetry Writing Month: Day #23 (23 April 2013)
Today’s writing prompt: triolets. Eight lines; iambic tetrameter; lines 1, 4, and 7 the same; lines 2 and 8 the same; ABaAabAB rhyme scheme.
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Ordinary Average Thoughts 