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    The Work Of The Oracle
    The Work Of The Oracle
    The Work Of The Oracle
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    The Work Of The Oracle

    By Hank Simmons

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    this is a 20 page short book with 8 long poems with some stuff you know and stuff you don't see how mermaids make a baby see the sick mermaid see the dreaming time traveler and the the rise and fall of a beautiful Centaurus.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHank Simmons
    Release dateMar 25, 2011
    ISBN9781458089977
    The Work Of The Oracle
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    Hank Simmons

    hi I'm hank simmons and i was born and raise in the finger lakes region its a place in new york were the native American's believe there god stamped his/her hand on the land . I am also have an asberger and bipolar diagnoses. anyway my god given talent is poetry so you will see lots of that from me. i don't want you to use them in bits and pieces without my permission so contact me at. blacksixdog@gmail.com thanks hank.

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      The Work Of The Oracle - Hank Simmons

      The Work of the Oracle

      By Hank Simmons

      Copyright 2011 by Hank Simmons

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      Please don’t share this paid work.

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      Contents

      1. Jews in Space

      2. I Hope

      3. The Sick Mermaid

      4. I Had A Dream

      5. The Centaurus 1.1 The Rise, The Centaurus 1.2 The Fall

      6. The Tail Of Birth

      7. The Phoenix

      8. Time Traveler

      Jews in Space

      In the year 2102

      There was a major advancement

      It was so new

      As if from on high

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