Stories tagged “purple”
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The Colour of Grandma
A lilac grows beside my house, a small thing getting bigger every year. It was brought, the piece that was planted, from 800 kilometers away, from the place where Grandma’s ashes lay. Above those ashes, a lilac grows grows, its fragrance perfumin...
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Blowin' in the Wind
He had been walking for days, perhaps weeks, or so it seemed. Time didn’t always flow at a constant rate here, so he couldn’t be sure. The battery on his iPod has only drained 5% since he began his journey, yet he’d listened to 21,193 songs. That...
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The Violet Hour
“In the dark you tell me of a flower that only blooms in the violet hour.” I’m not sure what these words are supposed to mean, I’ve never been good at interpreting the words of other people but they always catch my attention whe...
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There's an Exception to Everything
The city was large and full of life, a demon’s jewel reflecting the night sky, accompanied with a cacophony of hellish sounds, yet a center of all that is modern in the world- greed before need, lust before love, and parasitism before hard work. ...
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Body Art
The pale yellow moonlight slanted through the window-except where broken by the alabaster white pane-coming to rest on the exposed ivory skin of a half naked woman lying prostrate on her bed. Her breath puffed in and out quickly; sometimes stopping com...
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A Purpley Prosey Problem
The bell sounded making a resounding ring. I sprang up from my shiny oak-colored desk and barged out of the classroom with reckless abandon. I made my way down the cramped, overcrowded hallway inching closer to the exit, like a shining beacon on a dist...
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Just Another Day
I woke up, rubbing my eyes as I looked at the clock. 6 in the morning on a Saturday; too early. Despite that I climbed out of bed reluctantly. My pug, Matisse, stirred and I moved him from on top of me. A glare shot my way as he rolled over, made himse...
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Purple?
Why is this challenge about purple socks, When there are better colors to choose. White, black, red or blue, are colors that rock, And pink, yellow, orange and purple, Aren’t normal sock colors people use. I don’t mean to bash your color...
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Imagine!
Imagine shoes that look like socks That wash like socks With mesh lining on top covered by sock material socks Made of flexible, durable rubber that rolls on and off like socks White socks, purple socks, any color socks Imagine, shoe and sock needs all...
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Sentimentality
One after another, I stuffed my belongings into my suitcase, working efficiently. I had never been the sentimental type; even as a child, I had tried not to assign feelings to inanimate objects. Things got lost, burned in fires, shrank in the laundry. ...
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Tight Rope
When I was younger, I would always be shuffled into the back of the tent where nobody else was allowed. Clowns with only half their make-up on, smoking up against massive crates and shouting down their cell phones. I thought that was funnier than their...
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Ovation
A haircut, new glasses, and updated wardrobe can really change a person. Couple that with an out-of-context environment, and you have the dilemma I’m facing. One brief encounter, and I’m second guessing the last thirty minutes of retrospect...
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Encore
I know why they call it a stab of jealousy. Imagine an instantaneous strike of emotion centered in your chest, the impact enough to make you gasp. Then it diffuses and bleeds outward into the rest of your body. Clenched fists, vision tinted, a dark red...
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More Questions than Answers
Alice shook her head in disbelief. Apparitions don’t just happen, and that was a fairly realistic hallucination. About as realistic as a floating, talking, purple cat can be she supposed. Alice settled into her corner and tried to sort her though...