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The Book, The Burial, by R. Penman Smith is available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and directly from Tate Publishing. The Burial is a Spiritual Thriller with a dark twist and a redemptive outcome. The story springs out personal experience; ‘write what you know about’. Those who are comfortable with fantasy and are not afraid of the reality of the spiritual warfare inherent in Christian life will love this book.

Imagination is the faculty through which we discover the world around us, both the world we see, and that other unseen world that hovers on the fringe of sight. Love, joy and laughter, poetry and prose, are the gifts through which we approach that complex world. Through the gift of imagination we have stepped into an ever flowing river where the realm of Faerie touches Middle Earth.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Fat Man Rules

A Character Study: A Warning to Us Who Tend to be Fixers!







He used to be somebody, a big dog, a self-styled roving Mr. Fixit. He’s an expert in micromanagement and an absolute nut on control, and he rules by manipulation, by lies, and by creating fear. He can do it better than you can, whoever you are, and he’ll make sure that everyone knows that he’s the man.








I’m the big dog, I’m the boss now,
Old boss man didn’t do it right
But I know how to fix it now
I can do it, he didn’t do it right
I’m on the job. Now I’m the man,
Whatever it is I can, I can, I can.
Every little thing must go through me
Because I’m large and I’m in charge,
I’m the big dog and I’m in charge,
I’m the fixer and soon you’ll see
Everything will soon be better now
‘Cause I’m the man, I can, I can.










This is not poetry, just doggerel!

Harper/Collins Dictionary
doggerel, Noun: poorly written, usually comic, verse [Middle English dogerel worthless]




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