Stories tagged “existential”
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E is for Existential
Without thinking, or with really fast thinking I couldn’t track, I bolted from the portapotty. The woman had noticed the gate and the undulating mass of eager hands emerging from behind it. “Run left!” I screamed as I sprinted to my r...
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An Hour South of Nowhere
“It’s getting dark,” she said. “Don’t worry, I will help you find your way,” he reassured her. He tightened his hold on her hand and smiled sincerely. She looked down to his bare feet as they made contact with the co...
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listen...to the violent silence
She was watching him, waiting “You don’t know,” he started, “the silence, its killing me inside. I’m dying. The silence, isn’t it affecting you? Or am I the only one going insane?” The coffee was now resolved to a ring at the bottom of hi...
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Rotational Rationale
When the heart persists You don’t feel the planet’s Tremendous twists Until it lifts away And you no longer exist In its night and day.
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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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The Bride
It’s laying before me, polished, brand new. It even smells like a new car but then again it’s the formaldehyde. You can’t tell she’s artificial, I kept myself from using organic materials as they would eventually rot. I discover...
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Last Words
“As mortals watch the day, colossal rains fall into the emptiness.” Those were the last words he had said as he died, and I’d never understood them until now that I stood at the edge of everything, invisible in my raiment of rags. Lig...
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Air Over Open Water
The leaves are numerous, Noon illuminated, Nearly neon green, Consuming what light the clouds can’t catch— And the wind’s whims Dance branches like puppet limbs With systems of cool air (the canyon’s companion) Quick to rollick ...