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“Hi does anybody know tap code”
“I know how to code call me M”
“I’m BC and I code also”
“I’m called T and this is too grim”
“Stop tapping or you will be beat.”
“I’ll keep tapping I have no fear”
“Nothing worse than being shot down”
“The food is pretty bad I hear”
“My arm got broke but its not set”
“Try not to focus on the pain”
“They want to know my planes max load”
“This place is driving me insane”
“They asked me for my jet’s top speed”
“They injected me with a drug”
“They need information you see”
“Yum I just caught and ate a bug”
“Who did they just come in and take”
“It seems they have taken BC”
“They want to make him rat us out”
“That’s fine what will be will be”
“Stop tapping or it’s the meat hook!”
“What threaten me with more gloom”
“No they’ll make you eat their bad food”
“And lock you in a little room”
“I am not afraid of their threats”
“If they want they can beat on me”
“You could complain to management”
“Yes just see if they agree”
“Oh my arm it hurts me so bad”
“Think of a meadow of green grass”
“With a clear and cold running stream.”
“Into this scene let your mind pass”
“In this daydream what else resides”
“On the grass a deer is grazing”
“And a butterfly is floating”
“And the sunlight is now fading”
“You’re Slipping into deep sleep”
“You now transcend all space and time”
“See yourself at a restful peace”
“Release your bonds and free your mind”
“See all time beyond birth and death”
“See the lore of the common mind”
“Request that you be told the way
To escape from your current bind”
“BC is back how are you man.
“They’ve tortured me so I’d tell them”
“They try and keep me from my friends”
“Its the Hanoi Hilton welcome”
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Mark Stigers
One year after my birth sputnik was launched, making me a space child. I did a hitch in the Navy as a electronics tech. I worked for Hughes Aircraft Company for quite a while. I currently live in the Saguaro forest in Tucson Arizona
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Comments (2)
Took out all punctuation marks tap only had letters
Loved your take on the challenge. Just wondering, in this line, “On the grass a dear is grazing.”, did you mean deer?