Stories tagged “died”
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Drug In My Veins
I keep you in my veins like a drug I can’t get enough of. You circulate through my body and you send a rush to my brain. You take me away to an area of solitude that I thrive for. You still make my heart beat faster than the time before. People t...
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Maybe a Good Night?
I heard Nathaniel’s sentence stop in the middle. I could tell that he had more to say, but I didn’t feel like wriggling it out of him. Once upon a time I would have. I’d learned how to understand their expressions, tones, and other th...
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Grandpa, Dear
The only time, the only time, I really only shed a tear - Was when I thought of you, And how you’d disappear. I never thought, I never thought, That today would be the day – When I’d hear the sad words, That grandpa went away. It bro...
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The Causes
I untied all the loose ends I marked the black holes with sharpies I kept the water away from the fire I caused the tornado I made the volcano erupt I shook the earth for the earthquake I let the tsunami flow I didn’t keep our shoelaces tied Beca...
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Tradition is the Illusion of Permanance
The house is silent. No playing children, no christmas music; only the reminder of the fallen’s absense. Beverly, with a delicate, aging hand, holds strings of garland between her fingers. Plastic beads slither from a box and onto the floor. An u...