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		<title>We sit inside and we play</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Play, play every day, play and play and play away, and then playthe play you played to-day, the play you play every day, play itand play it. Play it and remember it and ask to play it. Play it, andplay it and play away. Certainly every one wants you to play,every one wants you to play away, to play every day, to play andplay, to play the play you play every day, to play and remember itand ask to play it and play it and to play away and to play everyday&#8230;</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />&#8220;Play, play every day, play and play and play away, and then play</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">the play you played to-day, the play you play every day, play it</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">and play it. Play it and remember it and ask to play it. Play it, and</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">play it and play away. Certainly every one wants you to play,</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">every one wants you to play away, to play every day, to play and</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">play, to play the play you play every day, to play and remember it</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">and ask to play it and play it and to play away and to play every</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">day and to-day and all day. That’s the way to play, to play every</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">day&#8230;. &#8220;<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">(Gertrude Stein in Play)</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Solingen (D)</span></p><p><a class="a2a_button_tumblr" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/tumblr?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fan-empty-cafe-terrace-in-front-of-an-arcade%2F&amp;linkname=We%20sit%20inside%20and%20we%20play" title="Tumblr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_google_gmail" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/google_gmail?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fan-empty-cafe-terrace-in-front-of-an-arcade%2F&amp;linkname=We%20sit%20inside%20and%20we%20play" title="Gmail" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_whatsapp" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/whatsapp?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fan-empty-cafe-terrace-in-front-of-an-arcade%2F&amp;linkname=We%20sit%20inside%20and%20we%20play" title="WhatsApp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fan-empty-cafe-terrace-in-front-of-an-arcade%2F&#038;title=We%20sit%20inside%20and%20we%20play" data-a2a-url="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl/an-empty-cafe-terrace-in-front-of-an-arcade/" data-a2a-title="We sit inside and we play"></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl/an-empty-cafe-terrace-in-front-of-an-arcade/">We sit inside and we play</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl">the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream</a>.</p>
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		<title>The little old table</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Creak, little wood thing, creak,When I touch you with elbow or knee;That is the way you speakOf one who gave you to me! You, little table, she brought &#8211;Brought me with her own hand,As she looked at me with a thoughtThat I did not understand. &#8211; Whoever owns it anon,And hears it, will never knowWhat a history hangs uponThis creak from long ago.&#8221; (Thomas Hardy The little old table)Liège (B)</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />&#8220;Creak, little wood thing, creak,</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When I touch you with elbow or knee;</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">That is the way you speak</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Of one who gave you to me!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You, little table, she brought &#8211;</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Brought me with her own hand,</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As she looked at me with a thought</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">That I did not understand.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">&#8211; Whoever owns it anon,</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And hears it, will never know</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">What a history hangs upon</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This creak from long ago.&#8221;<br /><br /></span></p>
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		<title>Autumn resting place</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;All that you see will in a moment be changed by the nature which governs the Whole: it will create other things out of this material, and then again others out of that, so that the world is always young&#8221;(Marcus Aurelius in Meditations book 7-25)Eschweiler (D)</p>
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<p><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">&#8220;All that you see will in a moment be changed by the nature which governs the Whole: it will create other things out of this material, and then again others out of that, so that the world is always young&#8221;<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">(Marcus Aurelius in Meditations book 7-25)</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Eschweiler (D)</span></p><p><a class="a2a_button_tumblr" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/tumblr?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fa-discarded-armchair-among-autumn-leaves%2F&amp;linkname=Autumn%20resting%20place" title="Tumblr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_google_gmail" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/google_gmail?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fa-discarded-armchair-among-autumn-leaves%2F&amp;linkname=Autumn%20resting%20place" title="Gmail" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_whatsapp" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/whatsapp?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fa-discarded-armchair-among-autumn-leaves%2F&amp;linkname=Autumn%20resting%20place" title="WhatsApp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fa-discarded-armchair-among-autumn-leaves%2F&#038;title=Autumn%20resting%20place" data-a2a-url="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl/a-discarded-armchair-among-autumn-leaves/" data-a2a-title="Autumn resting place"></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl/a-discarded-armchair-among-autumn-leaves/">Autumn resting place</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl">the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream</a>.</p>
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		<title>The school year has definitely come to an end</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>School&#8217;s out for summerSchool&#8217;s out foreverI&#8217;m bored to pieces Well, we got no classAnd we got no principals (ooh)And we got no intelligenceWe can&#8217;t even think of a word that rhymes, well   (Alice Cooper in School&#8217;s out) Liège (B)</p>
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<div class="ujudUb"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">School&#8217;s out for summer</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">School&#8217;s out forever</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I&#8217;m bored to pieces</span></div>
<div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Well, we got no class</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And we got no principals (ooh)</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And we got no intelligence</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We can&#8217;t even think of a word that rhymes, well</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">(Alice Cooper in School&#8217;s out)</span></div>
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