Stories tagged “awareness”
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Speaking Out For My Race
You know it all. You know it’s wrong – and not just wrong, but torturous, frightening, pure evil. You see kids doing stuff which other kids don’t do. Looking different. Communicating and thinking different. You may think it’s no...
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I thought the glass was half full.
“I don’t want him.” The cold words that escaped the lips of the woman he had once held so close were like daggers running through the little heart of the silent bystander. “It’s not like you have a choice, you know I can’t take ...
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A Man I Talked To
I talked to a man He gave me advice He told me to see where I stand I was more than confused I talked to this man again He tried to be nice He told me he needed to see where he stands He seemed only slightly amused I saw this man today I approached him...
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Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
Opening the door, I was confronted with a sea of white faces. There were white people everywhere- at the bar, singing kareoke, nursing watered-down drinks and nodding to the music, or chatting in groups threes and fours. Two had passed out and were ign...
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Situational Awareness
Toying carelessly with a whisker Feyald leaned back, “So you are a wizard then?” He slathered almost as much disdain on the word ‘wizard’ as he had on ‘caprine’ earlier. “Hardly,” I scoffed, keeping my ey...
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A Knight's Prayer
My other half. for once, screamed to speak. I tore at the bridle that held back my tongue. “You know I love you, I see you manipulate that fact with your eyes, you’re doing it now. When I show one iota of backward movement, you pull me inwa...