Stories tagged “gray”
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This Gray Hoodie
I’m not thinking clearly. Shivering makes it difficult, all a person can focus on is getting warm. But I’ve never been good at focusing on the things I can’t confront. I may have broken your heart, but mine is broken too. I didn’...
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The Fisherman, The Writer
He reached into his bait box and pulled out a live worm. Placing it still-writhing onto his hook, he spoke. “I guess I’m a different type of fisherman. The way I see it, all the stories are already up there, and it’s my job to find th...
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Journey to The Center of Your Soul
Your parents call you out of bed To tell you of a morbid dread. Cooling blacks and Soothing blues to help numb up and block the news. You tremble from your toes to head and try to sort out what they’ve said: You try to cry with heart of lead, And...
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red sky in the morning
I woke up in a rowboat with a makeshift sail stitched of gray uniform fabric. The sky had a hazy strawberries and cream complexion that reminded me it was almost morning. I tried to remember what sailors said about rose colored skies, but the saying el...
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Ashes Remain: Prologue Part 2
Quivering digits turned the pale photograph over, my crystal orbs studying it’s backside. A short sigh of breath escaped as I turned the picture over once again. I stood, my gray suit jacket rustling against the wooden chair that I had just sat o...
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Ashes Remain: Chapter One;; Part 1
I sat hunched over a keyboard, punching in keys with great speed. I took pride in my work, although it was only a boring office job. I was merely a number in a sea of cubicles, but at least I enjoyed what I did, being anonymous. I heard someone clear t...
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Just Lunch
It was just the two of us again sitting across from each other, me with my hot chocolate, her with her tea. “You dating anybody yet?” I hated that question. “Nope.” “What about that cute girl in your, ummm, profile pic....