55 Words: Turnabout Isn’t Fair Play
A 55 word story about interactions and fair play.
Map Of Emotion
Navigating complex emotions of jealousy, ambition, insecurity, joy, fear, peace, anger, happiness, betrayal, contentment, disappointment, love.
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Gift
When you stir to wakefulness today, just before you open your eyelids, what is the first thing you will think of? What thought will you shade your eyes with, for the day? Will you see the day starting slowly, without your assistance and not needing your reassurance either? Will you notice how the stage…
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Un-suicidal
I want to lay me down in the wet, squishy mud and let the moisture seep into my bones, the cold engulf me, numbing every nerve, blocking every vein…till the blood stops running, the breath slows down…slower…slower…slower. I wish life wouldn’t snap on and off like it usually does but…
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Little Girl With Big Dreams
I might have missed this news if Best Friend hadn’t told me about it. I was horrified. I knew her when she was still a starry-eyed teenager. She was one of those tall, slender girls who carry themselves straight-backed and everyone else thinks they’re being snooty. But she wasn’t. She…
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Single-itis
Being single in the city – by gender.
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Pin-up Lolita
What is up with the sudden fascination with the child-woman? Is Lolita really what the Modern Man wants?
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A Little Bit Of Kindness
Some people try so hardSome people just need so muchAnd they need it much more than you ever will Can you then, not be at least a little generousAnd give them what they wantAs charity, if your fears won’t permit you to, in any other way Even if they steal…
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Encounter
An encounter. What do you do when you see the person who broke your heart, sitting at the table next to yours in a restaurant? Cool as ever over cheese fondue. You:a. Hide.b. Scoot.c. Walk over ultra-cool and strike up a conversation.d. Pretend that they don’t exist (and hope they…
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Mother Goose/ Bear
A Build-a-bear shop had me re-examining my own childhood and my notions of maternity. A dream in my 20s also changed my outlook.
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Friends Are For Telling Secrets To
I am there if you ever need to talk. And remember, I can keep a secret! She smiled a warm goodbye thinking, Yes, I would trust you if I had a secretIn fact I almost wish I had one right now,Just so I could share it with you What an…
