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A Polka Dot Dress

Flash fiction, read it and sleep... I mean... Oh never mind. Image source pxhere.com: licence CC0

Words Beyond Meaning

It's about... well, I'm not really sure... Anyway, image was made by the Argentine artist Leon Ferrari and is called 'Letter to a General'. The writing is asemic, it has no semantic content, but it's far from meaningless. Ferrari claimed if the writing couldn't be read, he could say anything at all. A dangerous pastime in Argentina in the early '60s. So, once again, this summary is more interesting than the poem... sigh. No known copyright issues.
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Strings of Desire (A working title)

Gary Thomas woke to a fuzzy head. He opened his eyes, trying to focus, when he heard the faint sound of someone playing a guitar. His head felt woozy...
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Today

Grass greener than feels natural; as though sprouted from some luminescent realm where contrast makes normality feel contrastingly bizarre. Grey...
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Young at heart

I look in the mirror and all I can see Is a frail old woman staring back at me ‘Mom, is that you?’ I ask her bemused But then I realize I was...
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Story of the week

UV (Part 4) - i-Care

Dystopian social satire or sci-fi? Image from wikipedia commons.
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Chill

Roadside shorn of colour, bleak, waiting for the sun to break through the misty veil to cheer, waiting …
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Angel 83 (lock up)

‘Well, let’s get him fed.’ Angel squeezed Adam so tight her son cried, but then he laughed as if it was a game. She shook her head, ‘Sorry Tony, you...
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the red room

More than to wish im trapped or I love you. Less than to leave the world on fire just to break our curfew.

Christmas is Forgiveness

Put a sinner to bed and allow him a plan of mercy as he lays in the silence of His forgiveness. Now he can join a band of angels able to pass on His...

Broken Heart Surgery

Friend! You have admitted me To your broken heart surgery Listening to my sad testament Your remedy is self assessment Reason is your instrument...
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Fall. Out.

Letters from nowhere fall soft on the sill. And yesterday's anger subsides, as it will. Healing is slow, but surely will come. And we hope we'll be...
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Angel 82 (the best part of her)

When they got the door Bruno rushed out in shirt sleeves and pink slippers and embraced Angel, almost knocking her off her feet. ‘Jesus,’ he said, ‘...

Creative Media and Sales : Ch.16d The Decline of Civilisation

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Janus browsed on the vidnet. He was looking for material for another book he was slowly working on. He was in the job adverts section, under Creative Media and Sales. He wondered what was meant by 'creative media' in this world of work. ...
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Home for the Holidays (3)

Links to Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 . 3 – A Few More Cups Nick was drunker than he had been in a long time. One of his least favorite parts of lacking...

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Our President

Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa A High School Essay December 2019 The apartheid secret police had him in solitary for eleven months. Can you imagine how...
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A Good Run

Stuck in this room, body half dead. My mouth doesn’t work much since the stroke. Or my hands. So between visits I mostly sit here. Watching memories like a tv in my head.
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Angel 81 (finding friends)

Angel straightened her skirt and wiped away her tears. Her hand drifted across and she tried the door, it was locked. The driver looked in the mirror...
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Be Leave

I'm tired as a bee buzzing against glass for cannot pass into sleep. The deep beyond thought. Unreached though mind's wings batter and long hours,...

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