Stories tagged “place”
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My Happy Place
My happy place has high expectations, and it isn’t everyone’s favorite place to be. Nevertheless, it is a source of great comfort and motivation for me. It is a school. I can see the chalkboard. I can smell the pencil shavings. I fill my brain w...
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Where Poets Come From
Behind the gossamer curtain Beneath the azure veil You’ll find a quiet beauty In exquisite detail You’ll hold your breath to gaze upon it You’ll take in the scents with your eyes The scene beheld is beyond words Sweet music touches th...
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Vocation
Pantera, Pan for short, and yes his parents where huge fans, had an extraordinary gift. He could, without searching or even thinking about it, find any object in the first place he looked. He did not find this talent unusual and it did not occur to him...
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A Scary Place.......
Looking ahead, seeing a dark trail leading to a shimmering light. You barely see the glow shinning from the ceiling. Slowly walking to the light, his heart begins beating faster and faster. Suddenly stops, looking behind him hearing footsteps quickly r...
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Must it have a title?
What is going on here? You are reading something that may be a story. Something that must have been written. Mustn’t it? Who are we in this dance? Reader, Writer, Partners? Does the writer not read? Does the reader not create? Where does the sto...
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Opposites in the same place
I threw my hood over my head, and ran to the porch to get out of the rain. I hesitated in knocking on the door. Friends, family, society-they all considered us two to be polar opposites. Me entering his house would be, unheard of almost, frowned upon. ...