Stories tagged “ugly”
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One Man's Trash
Tears dripped slowly from the walls of the decrepit abode. Stairs cried with the anguish of memories of many years neglect. The foundation wobbled with insecurity. Paint faded to various bleak shades. What a drab sight it was, but it’s inhabitant...
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Where Is The Beauty?
I always wanted to start a poem with Shock and awe was in her blood But it never worked out I wanted to show you how to get inside my head But we got lost in translation So I crawled back into bed Never really feeling that satisfaction Of knowing I acc...
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I'm Going to Convince You
“Honestly? No I don’t want to know why we are here.” He laughed at me. “But tell me anyway.” “Okay,” he walked over to the driver’s side door, squeaked it open, and stood behind it,“so this old car ...
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Tears
She stared at the blood on her hands. She had taken a life. She looked up at her mother, who told her it was time to go. Time to go before it was too late. She took a napkin, wiped at the blood. Out! Out damned spot! She looked up at her mother, who wa...
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The interview
“Hello it is Bethany Hanker, I am interviewing Janie Everture.” “Now Janie. thank you for coming today. " “Yes, the pleasure is all mine.” “Now, there will be random questions thrown left and right. Are you read...
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A Post Dinner Crisis
I sighed and used the last chip to mop up some of the tuna that had fallen out of my sandwich. Satisfied, my stomach having forgiven me, I paid my tab and dragged myself to the pub’s door. Three woman of varying degrees of ugly appeared before me...
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skin deep
if we were to see the scars from inside rise from within to show themselves on our very skin i would be the ugliest girl you have ever known
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Red Lights
That was wrong. Nooks and crannies of my brain screamed it over and over again, a chorus of doubt. I’d had the debate before, a hundred times over, an argument always ended by the reassuring feel of cash in hand. This was different. This came wit...
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Inevitable-- Already Gone
Get snuggly With ugly Shed a lovely somebody If an ‘above me’ attitude reveals Exactly what tacky pulchritude Hides inside once it peels I’d rather elude ‘Too cool crude’ For a gargoyle, dude, Who’ll gruel out a due...
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Perception Prisons
“What do you do when you are as ugly as sin but have a heart as big and fragile as a whale made of blown glass? I’ll tell you, you hide. You hide any romantic interest lest you spark revulsion that is so overhwhelming that it can physically...
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Friend
I found you broken, alone. Walking over to you, a beautiful girl, body completely altered, platinum blonde from dark brown, boobs five times bigger than your butt cheeks, ribs penetrating your skin. I could see your brokenness on your sleeve. Your ligh...