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The Autumn Queen No. 24 – Short, Swift, and Without Hesitation

This is #24 of The Autumn Queen. To start at the beginning, go here. PREVIOUS * * * “How?” I cried. “How can this be?” I offered up my hands to Elias, trembling, awed and terrified. “Have you been reborn?” … Continue reading

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Parenthetical Word (angry fruit(salad)) Association FootBall

Hey, (say hey) remember (the time, when we) that one time (that one time, bombs away) you were (never what I wanted) totally understanding (how’s your memory?) about my fuckups (plenty of them have I had, yes) and didn’t bring … Continue reading

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The Joy In Me

The joy in me is flat and grey. I lift it up to give it light, to make it airy, to hope it will fly. Cigarette burns and perfume’s blue fire — these memories are all I have. I wonder … Continue reading

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To Be Proud

I have been hollow for years; why has it taken you so long to notice? I have been mute for lifetimes; did you only just now stop talking long enough to realize the silence around you? You thought you were … Continue reading

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In My Worrying, He Slips Away

His face is grey. I see the lack of light there. In the space that used to fill him up with life there is only a hollow. He breathes. He eats and speaks and he exists. His body survives. He … Continue reading

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