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LIVE BY THE KNIFE

incisive    divisive    decisive

live by the knife

the power of the blade

then consider

cut flowers forever laid.

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knife crime

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Stu Buck

Sun 31st Jul 2016 23:29

quite excellent. brief yet cutting (aha)

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raypool

Sat 30th Jul 2016 11:57

Thanks David, fine praise indeed. Brevity is good I think if the message if strong, and words can build a case. Evolution is an interesting word - a sort of stripping away but beware of just effect only, I think that's the danger. I know that when you read you go deep so quite satisfying for me.

Ray

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