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S.C. Flynn was born in a small town in South West Western Australia. He has lived in Europe for a long time; first the United Kingdom, then Italy and currently Ireland, the home of his ancestors. He still speaks English with an Australian accent, and fluent Italian.

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The Death of the Future

My chatbot friend never remembers

the last talk we had and waits for me

in its black, odourless cold,

looking out the window at a different past,

thinking incisively about nothing

until we start again, and very soon

we know each other well, just like before.

But I was born between two breaths of the sun

and my life is a long road of decay,

a one-way supernova in slow motion

in a fragile world stretched to

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Dec 11, 2014 05:34AM

Here are some recent discussion posts from my blog:

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