Stories tagged “pretty”
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Being Seen
I looked up into a face I faintly recgonized. I traced my eyes over her face. She had flawless, perfect skin. Her eyes I noticed next. They shown a clear, crystal blue. It was hard to pull my eyes away from them, but I did. I let my gaze drift down her...
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What Do You Think Of Me?
I ask my parents what they think of me and the conversation goes like this: “You are a beautiful girl,” my mom says. I’m not that pretty, nevertheless it is in the mom handbook to tell your daughter this whenever they ask you how an o...
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Pretty Woman
“5, 4, 3,” The crowd said in unison through the streets of New York City. I had started against the stream of people, hoping I would make it to a cab before traffic ensued. The clusters of people were ridiculous and everyone’s cheerfu...
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Pretty Things
In surprisingly quiet fashion, Gordo trudged through the swamp. Humidity what it was, he was trudging through the air nearly as much. His thick eyebrows knitted together. His uneven, misaligned eyes scanned the moonlit scene. All romanticizing aside, i...