King of the Crop

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• Reader Comments (4)

  Page 1 of 1 pages

  The inner part.

  The inner light
  and the beautiful
  and tender narrator
  invent a mutable
  moment, when
  Christmas arrives;
  I see a blackbird
  singing the birth
  of an ancient era,
  the time of my
  life, the care and
  the reason.

  Francesco Sinibaldi

  Posted by Sinibaldi on Dec 22, 2007 at 1:43 PM

  Prudence and the melody.

  Arbours coloured
  by a soft September
  breeze delay in
  the sunshine of a
  beautiful morning,
  and a loving
  profile presents,
  in a moment, the
  taste of a dream.

  Francesco Sinibaldi

  Posted by Sinibaldi on Dec 29, 2007 at 1:42 PM

  “This oversupply helps explain why, in 2000, U.S. residents consumed an average of 73.5 pounds of high-fructose corn syrup (up from 0.6 pounds yearly in 1970).”

  The main reason for the high consumption of high fructose corn syrup in the U.S. is the federal government’s tribute to the sugar industry: billions of dollars in annual subsidies and protectionist import tariffs that prevent cheaper sugar from entering the country.

  Posted by JT_Lancer on Dec 30, 2007 at 4:48 PM

  A flying and gentle sparrow.

  When the last
  lights of a sunrise
  disappear behind
  a melody I hear
  the song of
  a beautiful sparrow,
  the sound of a
  rank and the rising
  beginning now
  reflecting the pain.

  Francesco Sinibaldi

  Posted by Sinibaldi on Jan 5, 2008 at 1:44 PM

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