Tag: life
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Little Water
Originally from 2024 November 14th, 1987 My brother had always been very weird, but I never cared. In fact, I loved it. As a kid, Ivan would create burial sites for roadkill, dressing them with flowers and twigs. He would dangle out of his bedroom window, his stomach pushing against the windowsill, making chirping noises…
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Fried Rice and two Servings of Orange Chicken
Originally from 2019 Taking small, quiet steps down the stairs, Kaira made her way from her bedroom to the front door. Her dad had fallen asleep on the couch last night and she was trying her hardest to avoid the ball of anger he became when woke up unexpectedly. She made it out of the…
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Sunrise
Originally from 2020 My curtains were supposed to be light-blocking, but every single summer morning at 4am when the sun rose, golden strips of sunlight would melt their way into my room and cover the floor and walls. It forced me awake every morning, and I would have to fight my way back to sleep.…
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Ham
Originally from 2019 The fireplace was crackling in the living room and the thermostat was turned up to 78 degrees to combat the freezing temperatures outside. It was so cold, snow couldn’t even fall, so I found myself staring out the kitchen window at naked trees and dead grass. Another year without the longed-for “white…
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Hot Chocolate – Conflict Scene Exercise
Originally from 2020 “Seriously, stop trying to be funny. You’re literally not funny. Nothing you’ve said since we got here has been funny and I’m tired of you,” Chauncey barked at me, her cheeks turning bright red under her widened eyes. When she yelled, the gold chain necklace with a Virgo symbol swung back and…
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Squares and Shoulders
Originally from 2020 I’ve always wanted to act in a movie. The idea of playing the role of a person I could never be always seemed exciting. A trained assassin out on a mission to murder a rival druglord, a princess trying to escape captivity during a war, the daughter of a billionaire father who…
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Ring Pop
Originally from 2019 He proposed to me with a Ring Pop. His bruised knee in the sand, the red and green freshly-unwravelled piece of candy in between two of his fingers. He laughed in between the words, “Will you marry me?” and I laughed back. Everyone around us laughed. To our twelve and thirteen year…
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bornography
Originally from 2022 Making long, sensual eye contact with the watery cyclops that lies below me, the depth of its eye drawing me closer and closer to the pain of home. Empty is clean. Clean is pure. Pure is childlike. Childlike is safe. Children are to be protected and loved. Right? I don’t think my…
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