Five Card Story: Time and the Flower

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flickr photo credits: (1) bionicteaching (2) Danny Nicholson (3) DavidDMuir (4) krutscjo (5) ted_major

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A man sits at a table, looks at a flower, thinks about how soon its beauty will fade, then thinks about the ephemerality of everything, and leaves, thinking that his now-empty chair is a good metaphor for his eventual passing.

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<hr /><h2><a href="http://5card.cogdogblog.com/show.php?id=1181">Five Card Story: Time and the Flower</a></h2>a <a href="http://5card.cogdogblog.com/show.php?suit=5card">Five Card Flickr</a> story created by Ruben R. Puentedura
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29096601@N00/3098830785/"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3095/3098830785_ae6d07335f_z.jpg" /></a> flickr photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29096601@N00/3098830785/" target="_blank">bionicteaching</a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/18094879@N00/3299851051/"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3342/3299851051_c73f2c81f0_z.jpg" /></a> flickr photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/18094879@N00/3299851051/" target="_blank">Danny Nicholson</a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/73115625@N00/2870490229/"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3138/2870490229_90489fc5a9_z.jpg" /></a> flickr photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/73115625@N00/2870490229/" target="_blank">DavidDMuir</a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/8312882@N03/2943678569/"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3006/2943678569_fb4997d7a7_z.jpg" /></a> flickr photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/8312882@N03/2943678569/" target="_blank">krutscjo</a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/47429460@N00/3416858504/"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3354/3416858504_1626d05af1_z.jpg" /></a> flickr photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/47429460@N00/3416858504/" target="_blank">ted_major</a>
A man sits at a table, looks at a flower, thinks about how soon its beauty will fade, then thinks about the ephemerality of everything, and leaves, thinking that his now-empty chair is a good metaphor for his eventual passing.
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flickr photo credits: (1) bionicteaching (2) Danny Nicholson (3) DavidDMuir (4) krutscjo (5) ted_major

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