Stories tagged “wishes”
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Simple pleasures
The lamp was dented and dull, but undeniably filled with a genie. “I shall grant you three wishes.” Kenneth died moments later, crashing his space-yacht into his moonbase while being pleasured by the entire contents of the world’s lar...
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If I had to die...
Let it be quick, or painless but not both. If it is quick I want an intensity of feelings for the last time, to feel a rush of electrical impulses swarm from body to brain to body to dying mind. I would not want to look someone in the eyes, I would not...
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Supernova
You haven’t come home since the supernova. I can’t say I’m surprised. In our living room, the contents of our storage boxes radiate out around me in my own shabby reenactment of the event, books and decorations strewn about like stell...
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A Smile, a Song
I wish on every shooting star I see I wish on every wishbone I break I wish on every eyelash I blow I wish on every penny I throw I wish for only one thing Because I would have a smile on my face, and a song in my heart, knowing we’d never have t...
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Shooting stars
a shooting star thats what i called them back when i was five but now i get a new moment a next step in this path of life now i’m sitting in the back yard looking up at the sky with a arm around my shoulder and a glint in my eye because for...
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Reality is Never This Good
The scene is set I see you You stand out In the crowd Now its just Just you and me Doesnt matter How we got here We get closer Everything around fades No background Only you Our hands link And our faces lock Your brown eyes Caught in a trance I go in f...
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Be careful what you wish for...
FIZZ-POP The first one appeared on his desk, with a sort of sucking, tearing noise. He looked at it for a moment, still dubious. When it didn’t vanish, he tried poking it, and was surprised to find that it was as solid as it looked. A few clicks ...
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Indian Boy
I listen to your heartbeat slow as you dream on. I do not speak, never do I speak. Early I found that silence, and if I did find my voice, would you even hear me? Instead I sit by your side, as I ever have, and plead, silently. As I have grown, I’...