Stories tagged “present tense”
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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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Crossed Paths
I shift my weight to my right arm, rise to as much of a sitting position as I can, and look up through blood stained eyes. I can just barely see the figure of my assailant through a fine red haze. As he approaches me again, dragging some sort of bludge...
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Misinformed
My senses come back to me slowly. There is an odd weight in my left hand. Through the still red haze, I can see the cold metal bar in my grasp. There’s a large dent near the top of it, and a blood stain a few inches lower. There is a significant ...
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Spoken Word Poetry
I make the word choice You read it and lend ur voice Feeling it escape from the moist space Inside the place You taste The palatial emotion this creates And face the fun Of love in full embraces That weigh a ton Laces tied Foot a fly Sprung on the run...
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Choices in Escape
The past chases at a leisurely pace yet does not waver. Carried along by the winds of chance a balloon proffers itself as good a means of escape as any. Clear days bring slow travel. Stormy weather speeds progress until spelling its doom. Thus Girard t...