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Reading the Fine Print
At 5:37PM on the last day of the universe, Space was having a conversation with Time about pizza. All they did these days was talk; they had delegated most of the work to the Three Dimensions and the Past, Present and Future. They sat in two stools on ...
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Depression
the heavy feeling like ankle weights slowly holding you down not enough to tell someone just enough where you don’t want to do anything or go anywhere a whirlpool of unexplained sadness depression
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Je suis; Je ne suis pas
Je ne suis pas le démon, méchant franchment. Je suis le feu, tempestueux mais vivant. Je ne suis pas le chevalier dans l’armure brillante. Je suis l’hirondelle, faible mais libre.
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The Knocking
“Did you hear it that time?” Sandra elbowed her husband in the ribs, “Bill?” Bill was rigid, the corpse-like rigor gripping his body made her stomach clench with cold. tap…tap-tap…tap-tap-tap…tap-tap… Bil...
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The Tailor-Thief
The last bus from The City to The Suburbs had just left. It was 1.38am on a regular Thursday. On the bus, a diversity of people, who were getting off through the itinerary. But “The Guy” remained till the last stop. No wonder. He feel aslee...
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Forget How Nice Romance Is
I have been a fool for lesser things, but something about this strikes me as important, and I’d be daft to let it slip on by. I think you ought to know that I intend to keep my heart just out of reach, in case something goes awry. You’ve be...
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a euphemism for euphoria, a song part II
what you said that night has stuck and my mind has run amuck i don’t remember if you know i can smell you in my clothes when it rained last friday night i stood out in the lack of light and i thought hard about us and in words we won’...
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a euphemism for euphoria, a song part I
I want to touch your inner thigh but it’s claimed by another guy I don’t care as much as I used to cause now I’m a big slut like you, too I want to cut your yellow hair and use it to play solitaire dealing cards from five to nine...
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Public Nuisance
A loud, maniacal cry punctured the library’s air of calm and quiet, splintering silence into a myriad of broken pieces. Oh dear, Ms Davis thought to herself, he’s back again. “What’s going on?” “Who was that?” ...
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The Ice Cream
Bill was driven wild with the pressure. His friends taunted him, “Hurry up, loser! Just get the mint ice cream!” It was the most important decision of his life and he couldn’t decide. He loved the sweet tang of mint on a warm summer ...
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Idyllic Resting Place
I seen a varmint the other day, dead and pretty mean tore up underneath a bush. The sunlight hit it just so, flitting through all the leaves and flowers, lovely pink flowers that had shed a blanket of pink on the mess. Something about it struck me as p...
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The Black Hole in My Bed
Before I go to sleep I take handfuls of memories To drown my head in your pillow And myself in your faded scent That place you once inhabited That empty space Is still covered With blankets But the star that warmed me each night Is gone And all th...
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Dressed to Die
It was the time of year when leaves turn gold and scarlet, almost but not quite ready to free fall into oblivion. I love that dress! No offence but I never thought you’d pull off burnt orange especially when Have we met? Your eyes I hadn’t ...
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New Beginnings
By the time she’d reached Frankie’s (the only bar in Totaris so dingy the police leave it to itself), Camile’s combat state had almost warn off, and fear was well and truly circulating amidst the adrenaline in her veins. These days it...
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1ZW 421
“Is that water for Patient 21? I can-” “No, Amy. You can’t.” Dr. Moser stopped her by the elbow. He glanced around then led her to a nearby office. He closed the door. “Amy, Dr. Churning knows,” Moser said. “He knows...
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The Sun Graced Me Briefly This Afternoon
Just a little while longer, the sun promised me this morning, when she decided to grace me with her rays for a few moments before wrapping the thick storm clouds around her voluptuous body and taking a break. I waited in the grass until she spoke to me...
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Writing History
In the midst of the silence, white knight and dark knight cross blades. In a perfect circle described by stars and moons and seasons, the future hangs; it swings delicate on an edge of steel. Dark knight and white knight are alone yet witnessed, the ju...
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Book store names
The Yellow Book Road Chapter One As the Page Turns Once Upon A Story A Long Time Ago
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Risky
When you don’t risk anything, you risk more. That used to be my life. Hiding in the shadows, not making friends. It was a lonely life. One of thought and contemplation, but not feelings. On the rare occasion that I was invited to a party, I polit...
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Not coming back
She left without a reason if she cared so much why is she gone there was no note on the kitchen table chronciling her temporary adventure for it wasn’t temporary there was no when or where or why broken promises broken hearts but the woman we cal...
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News Travels Fast
It was just a stack of pamphlets on a desk somewhere among the shelves in the Young Adult section. A child picked one up, and brought it to his mother. The mother’s eyes went wide and passed it on to another. That woman gasped and went back for m...
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Discovery
_Dear Diary, Soon. Soon. Soon. I keep repeating that. It’s my little mantra lately. How can he think I don’t know about her? He stinks of betrayal, of sneaking and lying and story-making. I’m not a fool. He is. Lovesick and puppy-dog ...
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Tangible Treasures
This story’s joyful journey Is a delightful dance between dusty tomes Though its evolution is one of tears and screams and bonfires So much and many treasures have persisted Cradled between countless comrades In buildings of brick or wood or metal or...
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A Dream I Had. It Involved Swimming.
“It’ll only hurt for a little bit, if you think about it too much,” they promised, pressing a gun to my forehead. Shots rang out, the needles piercing through my forehead, adrenaline entering my veins to keep me afloat for a little wh...
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The Door
Stop what you’re doing. Close your eyes, relax and clear your mind. Listen to the sound of my voice… only… my… voice… In your mind, a door stands before you. Do you see it? It’s old, older than you can imagine. Of th...
