Stories tagged “personification”
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Old Enemies
I called Fear seven days ago. I thought I had punched in Hannah’s number, but I must have misdialed—when the phone came off its cradle with a static crunch, She answered in her broken glass voice, straight into my stomach. I hung up. I saw ...
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Pleased to Meet You, Hope You Guess My Name
Sometimes I really, really hated my brother. He’d cruise around town instigating little shallow plots between friends, lovers, neighbors. He took pleasure in giving someone a leg up, not because it helped them, but because it’d make the nex...
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The greatest myth of them all
Her endless skirt swirled in silvery tides and currents. Far below, at her immense hems, they sat, swarming and intent, like worker bees or ants. Stitching, embroidering. Each brought a precious bead, a tattered thread, something to work painstakingly ...
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An Apostrophe to Creative Block upon NaNoWriMo Efforts.
O ye fiendish devils! That I may be blocked for the better part of two weeks from updating my essay this year, and that ye dost compel me to undergo a midterm examination of all manners physic, yea, ‘tis enough—but then ye pull the wool ove...
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In Shadow
I slink amid the lurking shadows in the narrow hallway, all too aware of the structure’s groans, creaks, & whines intermingling with my own hollow footsteps & ragged breathing. A few times I panic, terrified that the surrounding walls had...
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Better to be the Water
I skirt the edge of incoming waves as I try to stay dry. I didn’t think to change into swimming trunks when I came out here and started walking. I just wanted to enjoy a moment with my new-found friend. Things have been difficult lately. At first...
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Silent Eye
People think I’m indifferent. That I’m faceless, and therefore unprejudiced. But this isn’t true. Just because you see only your pretty little face in me doesn’t mean I don’t see it too. And I judge you by every stain you&...
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The Sky Tonight
You should have seen the sky tonight. The rains had been steady all day, rinsing out the dust and thick air. After the sun fell, the sky was so deep a blue that it would be impossible to compare it to any color. I can only describe it as being as deep ...
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I'm Back
The Note Writer was somewhere in the Internet. He wasn’t exactly sure where, but he would be able to figure that out. He as currently walking down a road. Walking beside him was Burner of Notes, his alter ego. “So, I’ve finally decide...
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Aloe Vera Amputee
I’d left them outside too long. I didn’t know there would be a frost last night. I’ll never forgive myself. I cringed as I gazed sorrowfully at the Aloe Vera & it’s small baby. Most extremities had succumbed to frost bite, due to my neg...
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He, the Dawn
I have ushered. I have saved. I have released the sufferer, In extremity their will tested, by my caress, their journey ended into the hold of eternal night. Who has pain? Gone it is. After all is endured, A course run well, For my escape they pray A w...
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Poetry And Her Poet
“Poetry, poetry, what have you brought? Inspiring phrases, ideas, or thoughts? Give to me clarity so I may see the path of the task within which I am caught.” “Poetry, poetry, why am I here, enduring the struggles, misfortunes, and fe...
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Child of the Heavens
Now after time had past, the Sun and Moon became dissatisfied with emptiness, that ever present lack surrounding them. No more was joy amidst the garden bright, no pleasure gotten from the shining stars. The sorrow spun around the lovers both, and both...