Stories tagged “floating”
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Ask About The Rain
I was lucky that day in the rain. So don’t ask me if I know who I am. Don’t say I need to know what I want to become. Ask me about the rain. Ask me about the water splattering on my face, because on that day I found something. Freedom. Free...
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U.F.O. (Unexpected Floating Object)
It was the last thing you’d expect to find in a swimming pool. The eyeball floated atop the water, swaying from side to side. Ella and I stood by the poolside, unmoving, staring at it. The scorching heat of the cement on our bare feet was unnotic...
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Drug Problem *Smash
In a gritty Sickly struggle Floatin over the city High on a subtle bubble Of cocaine, cigarettes, regrets Weed, and a greed filled canister Walking upright grabbing a banister A banished bastard without any answer Hears hello echo ‘help’ i...
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Yes
Yes If you ask To trespass Let’s laugh Until it hurts Until our weight Fades inert Like shadow shapes of fate And chocolate— Sharing a plate Of its innate dessert You turn in sleep Like Saturn Beautiful to keep; To earn Thick breaths are deep And ...
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The Last Gasp...
He was sinking for the last time, his lungs screaming with the desire to suck in more air. His limbs, leaden and weak, floated aimlessly as he sank. Surrounded by darkening shadows, he looked up at the fish swirling like a swarm of bright autumn leaves...
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Something In The Way.
I can see your beautiful face It’s floating farther, and farther away Lost in my memories and landscapes of dreams There’s always something in the way.
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Unexpected Company
The ghostly, gravelly voice drifts into the room like a puff of smoke. Alice continues to lie on the floor and sob softly into her knees, small spasms of madness and revulsion wracking her thin frame. “Come now, Alice. Is that how you would greet...
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Doctor's Orders
Alice peeks out from behind her knees briefly, and shudders at the sight of a large, floating purple cat that has materialized in her room. It’s lime green eyes are strangely piercing as they stare back from the cat’s smiling face. Alice si...
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More Questions than Answers
Alice shook her head in disbelief. Apparitions don’t just happen, and that was a fairly realistic hallucination. About as realistic as a floating, talking, purple cat can be she supposed. Alice settled into her corner and tried to sort her though...