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    The Last Lie... I'm Not Listening Anymore
    The Last Lie... I'm Not Listening Anymore
    The Last Lie... I'm Not Listening Anymore
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    The Last Lie... I'm Not Listening Anymore

    By Debbie Howard McCartney

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    Have you ever studied the requirements and qualifications for the position of Turkey Eviscerator Supervisor? Probably not. They are quite specific and complex. Too bad we don't have to measure up to such high standards in our own journey through life. We just muddle and struggle as best we can and try not to get too bogged down in all the extraneous details and assessments thrown at us daily. The obstacles to actual thought and introspection are everywhere. People park at the curb to run inside a bookstore and make their purchase.

    No time to wander and wonder in the atmosphere of the establishment. No time to stop. The Last Lie I'm Not Listening Anymore is a chance to slow down, and come to a complete stop, if necessary. Savor the life experiences. Unearth the feelings. Some are soft and sentimental. Some have edges so sharp they cut like carving knives. Many images, both real and imaginary, will peck at your consciousness. Some may even demand your attention as a squalling child might. Hopefully the enormity of love and the gargantuan expression of its loss and subsequent pain will awaken some response in you. I do believe a stuffed turkey is an excellent metaphor for life. So let's gut this bird and see what spills out! Something warm and tasty Something truly foul. (You may even smile occasionally!) Dig in and don't choke. I hope you'll want to come back for seconds. Bon Appetit!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateMay 21, 2008
    ISBN9781466956841
    The Last Lie... I'm Not Listening Anymore
    Author

    Debbie Howard McCartney

    Born in 1950 and blessed with a love of books, I was raised to think. College taught me to search for the truth in people, politics, religion, and myself. Many people's lives are so tangled by external perceptions that their true feelings and experiences become lost. Suppose you could regurgitate your confusion. Some clarity might emerge. That's all I've ever wanted.

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      The Last Lie... I'm Not Listening Anymore - Debbie Howard McCartney

      The Last Lie… 

      I’m Not Listening Anymore

      if your feelings and dreams

      are being held hostage by bullies- 

      you don’t have to get them to agree with you 

      to know that you’re right.

      wrap yourself in the wings of angels.

      Order this book online at www.trafford.com/05-1730 

      or email orders@trafford.com

      Most Trafford titles are also available at major online book retailers.

      ©

      Copyright 2007 Debbie Howard McCartney 

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

      Note for Librarians: A cataloguing record for this book is available from Library and Archives Canada at www.collectionscanada.ca/amicus/index-e.html

      ISBN: 978-1-4120-6819-2

      ISBN: 978-1-4669-5684-1 (ebook)

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      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Preface

      Shattered

      Unbreakable

      Yes, Sir…

      Real Love Is Such a Risk

      Losses

      Question

      I Don’t Think So

      Boo

      Quite an Entrance

      Out of Sight/Out of Reach

      Confusion

      I Didn’t Get the Memo

      Memory

      Cloudy and Deep

      Yum

      .And It Wasn’t Worth It

      My Kind of Comfort Food

      Burn Me Once

      Remembering Alone

      I Just Wanted to Be Happy

      Get/Get/Get It?

      Goldilocks

      The Five-Year Wait

      It’s Only a Wedding Ring

      Still a Mystery

      Two=One

      The End

      Fall Out

      See You Soon

      Anesthesia

      Contender

      Ouch

      The Tango

      All Lies Anyway

      Time on My Hands

      Solitary Confinement

      Keep Your Eyes Closed

      Holidays Suck

      Doll’s Eyes

      Hidden

      Shut Down

      No More Reservations

      Gone

      Thank You

      Looking Back

      Just a Quarter

      Fingerprints and Mug Shots

      SNAFU

      911…

      Who the Hell Were You

      Regret

      Kitchen’s Closed

      Go Away

      You Know.

      Who’s Counting

      You Don’t Have to Disbelieve Everything…

      Let’s Talk Sundays

      Charades

      I Wasn’t Wrong

      Don’t

      Run

      Word Games

      45’s (Music or Guns?)

      Not Interested

      Simplicity

      Deep Freeze

      Tears…

      Can’t Sleep

      Silent Screams

      Down the Drain

      Slick Trick

      Somebody Call Central Casting

      What Good Is a Uterus Anyway

      Dearly Beloved…

      Mr. Thunder Passed On

      Shut Up

      Untitled

      Heavy Dirt

      Lawyers and Sanitation Workers

      Untitled

      Focus

      God Bless the Child…

      Stupid-Stupid-Stupid

      What Did You Say

      Withholding

      Mine

      No Matter

      Years

      Inner Child

      Packing

      Equitable Distribution

      Guess What

      Look Both Ways

      One Perfect Orchid

      Theft/Murder

      I Remember.

      A Little Humor

      Let Us Pray

      Rotten Tomatoes

      Get the Bucket

      Pay Attention

      Like a Hurricane

      Dance with the Devil

      Price It Right

      No Heart/No Harm

      Collecting

      Story Time

      No One

      Oh, the Games People Play

      Undercover

      Let’s See

      Fur Is Good, if It’s Still Breathing

      Loneliness

      Off the Christmas List

      Untitled

      The Ladies’ Room

      The Dark

      Too Much

      Anatomy

      No Shit

      Untitled

      The Gravedigger

      And So.

      Open Wide

      Invisible

      A Tale of Three Mothers

      Untitled

      Thank God

      I’d Like to Introduce Myself

      The Web

      Thus Spoke the Deputy and the Bug Man

      Is It Deaf… or Dead

      Sunday Morning… Rise and Shine

      Untitled

      Quality versus Quantity

      Untitled

      Poker Face

      Untitled

      This Photo Will Self-Destruct

      So

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