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The Real Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, Not 42 As That Pesky Douglas Adams Suggested

For Mike's The Shape Of Colour - Unofficial Challenge

By Paul StewartPublished 5 days ago • 1 min read
True Colours by Split Enz or a secret message in an old language by acid-fuelled blokes.

And so it came to pass as things so often do and as we unveil the oldest recorded words from the distant past of the earth on the passing of its existence - the meaning of the universe (not 42, that pesky Adams). It said, "sorry, we dropped acid first."

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This is my cheeky take (50 words in total) on Mike's latest mini challenge, which you still have time to enter and can find out about here:

The Challenge

Write a poem or short story of fifty words or less inspired by the image above. Today I learned that this form is called a Dribble:

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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