Stories tagged “penny”
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Five Minutes After
A penny for your thoughts, you said. I turned away from you. My thoughts, they did betray me. I still won’t think of you No penny for my words, I said. No words I have for you. No words to tell my heart, my love, No words from me to you.
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Painting in Red
The torture went on and on, day after agonizing day. I thought I would go crazy. I thought I would break. I thought…I thought I thought I thought… Then one day I had it. The key to my final, greatest victory. A penny. It must have fallen from a gua...
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Blue
Walking through the green and staring at the blue, I’m counting all the stars and not thinking of you. ‘A penny for your thoughts,’ you said. I turned away from you. My thoughts, they did betray me. I still won’t think of y...
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Penny and Prudence: First Contact
“You’re ignoring me again.” Penny closed her eyes and deliberately avoided looking at the source of the child’s voice. “Please- I don’t have anyone else.” It whined. The air in the library grew colder. Penny cr...