Stories tagged “Stare”
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Staredown
A single bead of sweat rolls down his forehead, the only motion I have seen in the past hour. An observer would see no more than two men, tensed like loaded springs, staring at each other a few yards apart… but the battle had begun as soon as our...
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See you all at lunch
“So, how are you?” He said, putting his arm around me as we started down the hallway for A-Block. “Well I woke up to my dog in my face and almost had a heart attack, but aside from that, I’m fine, at least I am now.” I ad...
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Wandering Eyes
A stare is aloft, Soft like the air, In silence it walks Atop who talks To me— those who care, Who have my ear, But not my eyes— They wander to where I’d rather sit If I could only fit In over there.
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T.S. Eliot (Introspective Confession)
As she laughed I was conscientious Of transformational consequences Suddenly becoming fully realized In my eyes— the bearer of compliments— The longing ensnarer of fire Pronging the shared stare of our desire As other people more near inte...
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Want
A stare is aloft soft like the air. It walks atop the talks of people who care, who have our ear but not our eyes They wander to where we’d rather sit if we could only fit in together over there.
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This Is Not Me.
It’s funny, the ways I find to pass the time. But what have I become? I’ve become someone something not me. And I’m not proud of it. But at the same time, I am; Attention enfolds me. Kisses smother me, suffocate me. Breath warm on my ...