Stories tagged “Venus”
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Reluctant Eyes
The cement floor was cold on my cheek. My ear was plastered to my skull uncomfortably. My mind swam to conciousness slowly, pushing through the Sandman Dust, and achey limbs. “Are you awake, Alice? Alice? Open your eyes.” I groaned ungratef...
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Dry Eyes
Who I assumed was Venus stood in front of me haughtily. Her gray eyes shone brilliantly into my own dry ones. “You’ve kept me waiting, Alice. It’s time,” her voice poured from her perfectly stained lips like liquid gold. I searc...
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Still Going
I loved her the way the sun loves his planets, fragmented with necessity. The lack of pain is the disaster I’ve been waiting for, like the smallpox scar left on the limp form of my grandmother’s arm…It no longer bothers her. Love is that disgusti...