Researchers from the University of British Columbia claim ancient people in South America developed a taste for cacao 1,500 years before the Mexicans began growing the plant.
— Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6329253/Traces-drinks-cacao-3-900-year-old-pottery-South-America.html
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we will both grow old,
our youth wasted in time
rusted planks of life
jutting out
feeling the days gone past
looking for a sign
we will understand how
little time we tout
until now, we look and see
our hands and body weathered
I will smile and feel the
glow of our youth
even though the shifts
are tethered
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“Speak to me olé muse and through me tell the story” —Homer

An autumn morning with
crisp awareness of summer past.
Brings to memory how
the saints soon hover and last.
Orange pumpkins lay to rot
Along the porch and drive.
While chapel bells ring
calling ‘All Souls’, who still survive.
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The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals — StarKid Productions
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autumnal Equinox gently arrives
warmth of the summer lost in the skies
Burnt orange and red are made of your dress
A sigh of relief now we will soon rest
From a summer of drought and too little rain
We will put it behind us; wait for seasons to change
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my grandsons and me
Walk free among verdant grass
Present will be past
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a tender moment
Mother and daughter share time
While the children play
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