Millicent remembers all the days they’d spend together not doing anything and doing everything. She remembers meeting him first thing every morning as he waited for her next to the stables. She remembers picking apples together from the lone apple…
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Charlotte – The Short Tale of a Superhuman
Charlotte was the seventh superhuman ever born; her superpower was integrity. She was immovable on moral compromises, determined and unwavering when she felt challenged, and valiant in the face of unfavorable consequences.
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Do You Want to Leave?
– Mark? – Hey, Cat. What are you doing here? Mark’s sitting at a table on one of the first floor balconies, alone, smoking a cigarette. The balcony’s facing west, away from all the people. – I was just looking…
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I Want to Play a Game With You
I want to play a game with you, a game of love and daggers, of happiness and euphoria, of lies and deceit. I want us to throw caution to the wind, to disregard all rules and conventions, to make peace…
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The Slingshot
It feels like you’re the rock in a slingshot and you’re getting pulled back more, and more, and more, until your body feels like it’s going to crumble under the pressure. Just when you think you can’t possibly take any…
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Please Allow Me Respite
Please allow me respite, The peace for which I am so desperate. Let me unload this burden, Won’t you please, oh, warden? I feel my back cracking under this weight, As I groan for what’s become my fate. Every somber…
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I Miss You
I miss you like a missing limb, Missing rays on days so grim. I miss you like the point of life, Missing air, let’s end this strife. → The Gallery of Me
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The Secret Words
The floor in my home is littered with dictionaries that I have read from cover to cover, trying to find the words that will bring you back. In my quest to reach your heart I’ve read about every word in…