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"I am not who you think I am. You are who you think I am. " - The Respondent.
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- Sep 30, 2026
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- Sep 7, 2026
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My Cardinal Rules (opens the original)
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Seed to Soil (opens the original)
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I wrote a poem called “The Boy Longed for the Tree.” I wondered how my prose might work as songs, and so, as an experiment, I modified/abbreviated the prose a little to work as song lyrics, and retitled it “Seed to Soil,” a roots-pop ballad, with moderate gospel sway and a 68 BPM half-time feel.Press the play button to listen to the song of the poem.Here is the poem/lyrics:To remember how he’d grown,the boy longed for the tree.To get lost again,in the familial branches.To reminder who he’d known
Ritual Quest (opens the original)
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Accounting for the killing time,Accumulating ‘stuff’,Bargaining and reckoning,Of when enough’s enough.Piling up materials,Vesting the estate,Missing life’s experiences,Killing times ~ too late.Spread a little happiness,Sow a seed of play,Legacy integrity,Enlighten someone’s day.Friending the amend-sing, BlendingGivenness with forgiven,Trending the unending sense,That life is for the livin’.The clicking-tock of bodies clock,Will reap the makers breath,Influencing affluence,W
Lived Krap at Devil Park (opens the original)
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I met the devil at the park,I only noticed him when my dog Marks began to bark.“scraM doG!” the deviL remarked at Mark.“I’m live evil, liveD backwards,” the deviL then said.So I re-read his contrarian luciferian word.My ‘slaroM’ stirred, purred and whirred,unblurred the backsmithery in his semordnilaP.“You’re full of kraP”, said doG,Squatted down and dropped a log.Bereft, the deviL sniffed, and left.No parks skrap, just one big turd,Marks log demarkation was the final word.goD,
Winston Marshall is The Respondent (opens the original)
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Winston Marshall is one of the founding members of Mumford and Sons and the host of the podcast Marshall Matters . We discuss music, footie, cultural taboos, Johnny Depp, and much more in this raw, real, and unscripted conversation. (0:00) Winston talks football (or soccer) and the Man Utd. and Liverpool FC rivalry (6:08) Winston’s decision to leave Mumford and Sons (8:10) Winston talks about his first band ‘Gobblers Knob”, his first gigs and the origins of Mumford & Sons (13:46) Did Winston for
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