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  • Mike Hocking

'Peom' WHY DOES KILLABAKH HAVE AN H

WHY DOES KILLABAKH HAVE AN H PEOPLE VISITING, OFTEN ASK ABOUT THE SIGNS THEY HAVE TO PASS OF A VILLAGE, THAT APPEARS WEIRDLY MISPELT BLOODY COUNCIL –THEY`VE GOT WRONG, IT IS FELT BUT NO MATTER HOW FAR AND WIDE YOU ROAM LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT OUR HOME. IT DOESNT MATTER FROM WHERE YOU HARK THE SIGN IS TRUE...IT IS KILLABAKH PERHAPS A NAME FROM ANOTHER AGE K-I-DOUBLE L - A -B-A-K----H THAT LAST LETTER SEEMS SO OUT OF PLACE IN A WORD DESCRIBING OUR LIVING SPACE WHAT MISHAP OF HISTORY PLACED IT THERE IS IT RIGHT, THAT A SINGLE LETTER, BE LAID SO BARE? A CHANCE OF LANGUAGE TO CREATE SUCH FUSS BUT FOR THOSE WHO KNOW, IT DOESNT BOTHER US WE KNOW OUR LONELY LETTER IS TRUE BLUE. AND, NOW IT`S TIME THAT WE SHARE WITH YOU THE SECRET OF H, THAT ONLY LOCALS COMPREHEND IS THAT IT WAS US, THAT PLACED IT AT THE END WE KNOW OUR H AT THE END, IS SO MISUNDERSTOOD BUT IT`S ACTUALLY THE STARTING LETTER OF ALL THAT IS GOOD. WE ADD AN H TO SHOW HOW HAPPY WE ARE LIVING HERE, WITH WORRY SO FAR OUR H IS ALSO FOR HELPING AND HOPE. WE JUMP IN, IF YOU`RE STRUGGLING TO COPE. HARMONY AND HEROS, AS SEEN BY MANY AN AWARD. OUR COMMUNITY IS QUICK TO TAKE A STEP FORWARD. A HELPING HAND IS A GIFT TO US ALL. AS SEEN BY THE GROUPS MAINTAINING OUR HALL H AS IN HELP IS ONE OF OUR BIG USES YOU NEED ONLY ASK, THERE`L BE NO EXCUSES OUR PRISTINE HABITAT HAS VERY FEW MATCHES. IT`S THE SIGH OF THE BREEZE,THAT YOUR EAR FIRST CATCHES. FROM CEDAR ROAD BEND TO THE TOP OF THE HILL, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO BREATHE IN YOUR FILL OUR KIDS GROW TO KNOW THAT MILK IS FROM COWS THAT HAM IS MEAT FROM PIGS BORN OF SOWS THAT THE BIRDS LIVE IN TREES AND FLY TO FEED THEY LEARN GOOD PLANTS FROM THOSE THAT ARE WEED LET IT BE HEALTH, HEART OR FOR YOUR HEALING FEW PLACES WILL EVER GIVE YOU THIS FEELING OF HAPPINESS AND HOPE FOR THE ALL THAT WE SHARE AND TO GIVE YOU SPACE, TO LIVE WITHOUT CARE SO NEXT TIME YOU SIGHT OUR FAMOUS H AT THE END THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND. AND IF YOUR ADDRESS DOESNT SPELL OUR WORDS WITH ITS LAST LETTER PERHAPS IT`S TIME TO JOIN US, FOR A LIFE THAT IS BETTER


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