Everyday I write a little something in a Mark Twain vein. I have over 200 "contemporary Twain quotes" now. First I hear his tone of voice (ala Hal Holbrook) in my mind and they just flow. Many of them are war related but...

Today I wrote:

Be careful not to lose your "grain of salt"...

it is tiny,
dissolves in BS
and, for some, vaporizes
at the invocation of the word of god

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