Stories tagged “Impossible”
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Odd Contradictions
Color me achromatic Unelectricly collecting static Using cellar doors for the attic Rehabbing without a habit Pulling hats out of the rabbit Tricking magic with transparency Complacently feeling antsy Homeless in a house that’s decked out fancy.
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Last Turn
The Olympic Speed Skating finals, the event he had trained for all his life. He had a poor start, but caught up to the crowd of competitors when one slipped and caused the rest to fall. He tried to leap over the fray, but a stray skate blade cut deeply...
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I dig too
I work with fellow men. They are quiet. They were fat, they were powerful, but now they are thin and they are digging. There is no complaint. Complaints mean the hospital. It is cold, the ground is hard, the hole is growing. My shovel is not the best, ...
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Every House Needs One or More
Rennik acknowledged with a grunt the man at the next urinal. The tile made the noise resound like that of a wild beast in its cave. The man teased with a grin, “Watch yer aim, sonny. Boys pee on the wall…and real men pee on the ceiling.R...
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Views From a Jungle
You proceed into a jungle you hesitate to consider “man made”. Perfect sunlight streams through a little more than half of the innumerable panes of glass. The other panes seem to face into various parts of the house with the building’...