Stories tagged “conscience”
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Torment
originally published at 01:39AM on Sunday, November 25, 2007 The room is hot, the walls are wet, My forehead’s drenched with salty sweat, I struggle against rusted chains, my body’s coated in regret. With a loud creak from behind me, I scream i...
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Deeper
My shoulders still hurt a bit from the sudden deceleration, but when you’re Spec Ops, you have to deal with that kind of crap. I take in the IR views given by my suit, open a bulkhead door, and venture inside. My fellow Spec Ops team is invisible...
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Inner Dialogue
“What a fascinating creature: she’ll jabber on’n on, but when I try to question further she falls silent. Tries to adopt some veil of confusion…” …but you must admit she’s never particularly successful. “...
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Existential
Within a world Lips curled Tight to the tongue Exhaling a lung Of swirled words— They come unclung From this conscience I’m among.
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Crossroads
He weighed the two documents against each other. More than two thousand years with all their thickness in his left hand, and a mere three hundred in the right. Both the tome and the booklet were shaggy with wear, and both had a little list of ten items...
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A Rift in the System
“Come on! We have fresh input!” barked the Commander. She quickly scanned the premises, then began to feverishly punch coordinates into the motherboard. “My sources tell me that this is a code red, with an irritant closing in on us. T...
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Stolen Conscience
I could make a case For the center space But I enter From the perimeter Burrowing like a splinter Icicle barren In the heart of winter Carry me to springtime caring Through warm scents, Sweet sentiments, Elements of eloquence Sense an environment Of ...