Stories tagged “sappy”
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A Kind of Fascination
I find my mind inadvertently drifting towards you. It’s not heading towards any specific thought, just your “idea” of sorts, your essence. I’m not really sure there’s an attached emotion, either. Perhaps a touch of happine...
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Insufficiencies
“I Love You” does not suffice.
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Questions
It seemed like ages since he had asked the question. The answer had seemed silly at the time, a Dear Abby adage perfectly suited to the lips of middle-aged gossips with too many soap operas under their bonnets. How will I know, he had said. When the ha...
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BAD Poetry (for D.E. Dewitt's cool challenge)
Oh rosy Rosalind I’ve been pinned By a gentle breeze That carries My whine with its wind I am Vacant— A vagrant Spitting phlegm Needing some semblance Of acceptance— please embrace me again Kindly co-sign On love’s dotted lin...
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Father
Dad, I appreciate your absence. I’m told we are a lot alike and I am grateful that whatever magic you had could trickle down to your offspring passively. I understand that your disappearance from my life was involuntary and I forgive you. I also ...