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He’s Not My Father – 100 Words
“It’s true, there’s no place like home, no matter where it is. Everyone needs a place to rest in the familiar, even if, there’s someone yelling in the background. But it’s okay to long for better, right? Be brave and go on a quest, Pursue surroundings without walls, Fresh air, fresh dreams. Make a new…
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Wait a Moment
Life exists in a cloud of inconsistencies, in the foreignness of self after change, in regression, in aggression, in weariness and loss of health. We step between on tip toe, to unstable rocks of peace, pause to rest but find none, Move on, link arms if we can, Make a bridge to the other side…
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Dark Lies – 100 Words
The dark hides good, bad, weird. Things look different in the deficit of light. Or maybe they are different. That last window doesn’t open to the outside. It leads to a passageway, Then a ledge, a balcony of sorts, laced with spider webs. There’s a metal box, inside a gun, bullets, a cloth stained, Maybe…
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Words No One Wants to Hear
They face each other across a small, ornate cast iron table in a secluded courtyard. Birds sing, plants rustle in a breeze. On the air is it Lilac? If not, some other flower blooming, broadcasting life. “It didn’t work,” he says. Simple words. Her head drops, hands covering her face. “I’m sorry,” he adds. He…
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Get a Little Bit Closer – 100 Word Story
“The band is so teeny, tiny and far away,” Riley said. “We should have sprung for better seats. What’s the point?” “But you can see it all clearly on the screens,” Marla reasoned. “Does a sixty-inch tv mean anything to you?” “But then you wouldn’t experience this.” This being the wafting smell of weed. The…
