Stories tagged “communication”
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Garden of Remembrance
Jon’s eyes drifted to her. Bev sat chained by her kennel, rocking on her haunches, and staring at him like he was a stranger. She wants to kill me. He let his gaze move to the willow by the gate. He still remembered the summer when they met; he&#...
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Continued
A lot of thoughts crossed my mind, such as “What if she thinks I’m a total creeper for randomly friend requesting her?” I didn’t really know her at the time. I’m glad to say that as far as I know her now, she’s isn&#...
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To Show You My Heart
The non-understanding was killing me. Again. “I don’t get it – what the hell are you thinking? I hate doing it, but I couldn’t let this happen. “Alright… let me show you…” Closing my eyes, trying to hide ...
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I Wasn't Able
I wasn’t able To complete insight Speaking sweet and slight So I twanged my mental cable Reverberating in the dust of darkness— Revealing what was too bright and unstable To explain I still wasn’t able To explain Before it pooled li...
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Rain Check
The tiny scrap of paper had been passed down from generation to generation. My mother seemed to recall her mother telling her that it was over 300 years old. For being so ancient, I marveled at how legible the writing upon the wrinkled, yellowed square...
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Have Done
Alone, awake, and one day late Tryin’ to find another way To build a bridge and make you stay Sweat and toil the price I pay Just to fail and watch you walk away Alone, asleep, in sorrow deep Tryin to find another dream To cover scars in a softer...
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Sylvie, the French Foreign Object
Summer school took us to Valencia for three months, which was a heavenly place. The whole city took a nap at 2pm. They named a drink after us (“El Vantage,” Lemon Fanta and vodka) at our adopted bar in Canovas. It was a nice surprise, then,...