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  You know the worst thing is freedom. Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity. You know, (????) spent two months in jail in Spain, and these two months were the most enjoyable and happy in my life. Before my jail period, I was always nervous, anxious. I didn’t know if I should make a drawing, or perhaps make a poem, or go to the movies or the theatre, or catch a girl, or play with the boys. The people put me in jail, and my life became divine. Tremendous!

  The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.

  Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy of being (????)— and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things is this (????) going to accomplish today?

  Every morning when I awake, the greatest of joys is mine: that of being (????).

  Ah, UNESCO is the most garbage. Any kind of organization for the good will of the people is impossible. It is necessary for the contrary. Young people need plenty of difficulties to achieve something, you know? If you receive a little money for this, a little money for that, everything becomes mediocre, and collapses ig-no-min-i-ously!

  I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities, but I forgot what it was. I have it written down at home somewhere.

  45. Oral Hygiene

  Recent excavations have revealed

  The very first toothbrushes

  Oral hygiene, Egyptian style

  Five thousand years old ‘Crestwells’

  Ever since then, mankind has used

  Tree twigs and roots; birds feathers

  All manner of organic tools

  From porcupine quills to bones

  Roots and twigs of ‘Arak’ tree, had

  Antiseptic qualities

  While Baking Soda; Chalk, rubbed in

  Has served as toothpaste for years

  Those synthetic, man-made fibres

  Used in toothbrushes today

  Replaced the natural products

  Back in Nineteen Thirty Eight

  And then in Two Thousand and Three

  Toothbrush voted Number One

  Invention that Americans

  Couldn’t live their lives without

  46. Who Are They?

  They remain a mystery you’ll never solve

  Though you’ve followed all the leads, sought out the clues

  Even educated guesswork will involve

  Subtle powers of deduction that confuse

  If you don’t prepare the process, mentally

  You can’t qualify yourself for such a task

  But to Sherlock Holmes, it’s elementary

  If you really want to know about them, ask

  47. XS

  Mission to eXact revenge

  My eyes fiXed back in anger

  As he’s looking back in fear

  This eX acquaintance of mine

  He who shall remain nameless

  Let’s just call him Mr. X

  X-man beware; not long now

  X marks the spot; day and date

  Get on your knees; say a prayer

  Sign of the X; penance due

  Just when he least eXpects it

  Punishment shall be eXtreme

  It’s no eXaggeration

  He will wish he was eXtinct

  First I’ll eXtract my pleasure

  eXcruciating and slow

  XXX rated; brutal

  Then, at last, I can relaX

  48. Intensive

  Motorcycle accident

  ICU treatment

  In and out of consciousness

  No recollection

  Chatting with the specialist

  “Looks OK to me”

  Discharged; allowed to go home

  Seven days ago…

  Wandering about the house

  Can’t find the bathroom

  Unusual behaviour

  Frightening our son…

  It doesn’t seem possible

  You say it’s the truth

  ‘First time’ meeting of old friends

  Asking you your name…

  Seems like only yesterday…

  How could it be so?

  The events of two weeks past

  Forever a blur

  How long have I been awake?

  … Is it morning yet…?

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  About The Author

  Stanski is the kind of guy who doesn’t do things by half measures.

  For example, he’s the guy who went to Thailand in 1999, to see in the New Millennium.

  He enjoyed it there so much that he decided to stay on for a while.

  He didn’t return to the UK until October…

  October 2010…!

  Stanski began writing in earnest in 2005 while recovering from a motorcycle accident, in the northern city of Chiangmai, in which he sustained serious head injuries.

  Find Stanski on Facebook

  https://www.facebook.com/stan.ski.9

  Examples of verse by Stanski can be found on his Blog, ‘Elephant Small’

  Crawling Distance

  In Decline

  The Night Jasmine

  The Fourth Millennium

  Hotel 27

  A Fetish For Frustration

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