Stories tagged “expectations”
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Not The Same Girl
She’ll never be the same person she was when she gets back from there. Others may not notice, but she will. She’s going to live easier and love more. She will be a changed person, you see. The changes she makes will not matter to the rest o...
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Role Model
i am and always was…You. i was formed… from You. i rose up high to meet your expectations, and left what was me behind. now i am all that You are. but still i can never reach You, who stand up on that pedestal that i put You on. You, who ar...
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Pacifist
The school bus has dropped them off early again and Erza drops back into his own waking nightmare, hoping that today – three days in, c’mon, a whole three days – they’ll have forgotten what he’d said at recess, Monday. Fif...
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What I Expect
I expect To remain Invested in The interests Of these tiny Insect tests If linguists List me The best Pest-peeve Of poetry I’d say thanks And accept it Humbly (That’s a back handed compliment, btw, in case you think my melon’s swell...
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Ultimatum
“Your lives are nothing of consequence!” The noble’s angry words were laced with fear, as his blood-spattered coat. My sons glanced repeatedly toward me. “Hold steady,” I reassured them, and they raised their blades. Addressing the nobles, I ...
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Happy New Year
And so the New Year comes again, emerging like an unmet friend. A face we do not recognize yet known for that which it implies. A second chance, a choice anew, a testament of time that flew away from grasping, desperate hands of souls that cry f...
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Justice, Retribution, and Shut Up
Beaming and struggling to contain excitement the younger fellow whispered inreverentially, “It’s a good day for justice, eh Big D?” Big D rolled his eyes, mostly on account of the fact that no other soul in all creation referred to hi...