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Chivalry

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Sir EJ Drury II

“What I don’t under­stand, Marty,“ I com­plained when, later that day, I again ran into him, “is why ya kicked the guy in the face when he was already, obvi­ously down ’n’ out for the count.“ “Where I come from, Dury,“ … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A Threat To Be Reckoned With

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

Later that evening, as I sat up top­side at my usual perch before retir­ing, I was star­tled from con­tem­pla­tion by Marty’s sud­den appear­ance. “Dury,“ shouted Marty in a tone of voice that alarmed me. “What’s the mat­ter?“ I inquired. “He’s … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A Dangerous Game of Chicken

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

In my sat­is­fac­tion with hav­ing found a few like-​​​​minded com­pan­ions, I stepped back from the edge of the abyss, to seek out the one who could show me the way to safely reach the bot­tom with­out act­ing like an ani­mal … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Stuck on the Threshold of a Dream

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

That night I had a dream in which I found myself wrestling with a pros­ti­tute who kept insist­ing that I give into her. All night long did I strug­gle, in and out of sleep, to resist her entreaties. Just before … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Most Precious Gift You Have

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

Seek­ing Wulf out that evening, I found him up on the Sig­nal Bridge where, with a fixed gaze, he stood wrapped in his own thoughts. Star­tled by the sound of my approach, he turned and smiled half­heart­edly as if he … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Survival of the Fittest

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Sir EJ Drury II

“I don’t know how you felt,” he con­fessed, “when you got back from Nam. But I was so god­damn glad to have got­ten my ass outta there in one piece, that no sooner had I hit land than I fell … Con­tinue read­ing →

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