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295: Our Time
'Time flies when you're having fun' I heard somebody say — or maybe that's all part of the text, part of the message, part of the...
Sep 10, 20211 min read
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294: Behind the Reflections
from this distance the lights blur the window is black is dark behind layers of glass and reflections. the ornament behind me is barely...
Sep 8, 20211 min read
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293: Hidden Identity
I found your identity hidden under the bed. You had searched everywhere, but I guess you needed a new light, or a different sun under...
Sep 6, 20211 min read
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292: The Longest Story You Know
"Tell me a story," the child begs. "Which story?" you ask. "Any story." "Any?" You raise your eyebrows. The child hums. "Maybe the...
Sep 3, 20211 min read
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291: Finding Trust
He tastes her lips with reverence Feels the scales ripple beneath her skin A threat A warning "I do not need you" He knows. He knows and...
Sep 1, 20211 min read
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290: Golden Ring
the cold creeps up on her spreads across her arms and fingers like cobwebs coated in frost and cocoons her in gentle white as she turns...
Aug 30, 20211 min read
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289: The Harvester
The harvester stalks into the night striding on long legs with joints that bend in wrong directions as it sways forward one leap after...
Aug 27, 20211 min read
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288: Soup
warm hands wrapped heat seeps into palms cold breath clouds peppers sting soft vegetables reduced to mush swallowed throat burns stings...
Aug 25, 20211 min read
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287: Peace Over Stardom
Stars gleam above you. Where are you? A cold wasteland. When are you? It crunches under your feet. Your boots. Who are you? The air...
Aug 23, 20211 min read
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286: The Best Days
The best days are those where she doesn't have to talk; when she doesn't nervously wait for an answer from somebody else. The best days...
Aug 20, 20211 min read
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285: The Poet's Job
We try to capture emotions like we hunt for butterflies. We sweep through the air towards the dainty flicker of wings, full of life and...
Aug 18, 20211 min read
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284: It's Gone
I'm not sure you realise how large a molar really is until it's gone. Until there's a gaping hole where it used to be, large enough to...
Aug 16, 20211 min read
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283: Her Heart
Her theory is this: If you assemble everything she has created in her life, you will find a picture of her heart. Her loves, her hates;...
Aug 13, 20211 min read
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282: Fences
She builds a fence, he knocks it down. She builds another, he knocks it down too. She builds a wall, he digs beneath. She moves away, his...
Aug 11, 20211 min read
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281: Why Do You Write?
She comes to me while I stand on the balcony. The city lies beneath me, a map of lighted roads and chasing cars. The night is too alive...
Aug 9, 20211 min read
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280: Angel Wings and Stardust
You pull him close in private and wrap your arms around his waist. You stand in silence just behind him so he can't observe your face. If...
Aug 6, 20211 min read
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279: Upbraided
We see little willows drooping and think of weeping widows and girls braiding their branches with feathers and silk to hide that they are...
Aug 4, 20211 min read
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278: Somebody Else
She thinks that sometimes it is easier to love another than what is right before her eyes. There is a familiar rhythm, comforting, only...
Aug 2, 20211 min read
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277: Sailing in Flames
I dreamed that we built a boat in the fire and replaced the charred wood each time it burned through. We were trying to build a vessel,...
Jul 30, 20211 min read
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276: Money Can't Buy Happiness
Money can't buy happiness. Objects aren't permanent. Things won't give you a continuous supply of joy. Maybe they're right. Maybe a new...
Jul 28, 20211 min read
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