Stories tagged “alphabet”
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Xerox Girl
I*zz*ie made m*y* heart strings *q*ui*v*er like a bow pulled across a *v*iolin. A herd of ga*z*elles and *z*ebras chased butterflies in m*y* *q*uickl*y* constricting chest. I watched her work the *x*ero*x* machine at Kinkos. I had gi*v*en her a *z*an*y...
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Final Mixture
Quintus Maximus eyed the bubbling mixture in the vessel before him. Something was still not right. He double-checked the ingredient list in his memory. Shredded rorqual baleen, aqua vitae, beeswax, ground bivalve shell. It was supposed to freeze and be...
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I am, I am
I am amiable not angelic I am beginning not ending I am cool not cold I am dancing inside I am eager not elegant I am fun not fanatical I am gregarious not graceful I am high flying I am infectious not insular I am joking not jesting I am kingly not qu...
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A Balloon Came Down
I am the Amazon beneath these curtains. Disregard everything in front. I am gigantic and horrible- all 150 inches of me. Just ask those kids. I am a lunatic magician, a no-nonsense woman with an opinion on popularity. I am queer. I am resolved to trust...
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A Description Alphabetical, in Terms of Matters Physic.
I am acceleration. I am a barycenter. I am 299,792,458 meters per second ( c ). I am distance. I am energy. I am force. I am -9.81 meters per second per second ( g ). I am height. I am the square root of -1 ( i ). I am a Joule of work. I am kinetic ene...