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Weekly Contest #340
As running shoes, we stay grounded. We do not have lofty ideals to be a hat or a pair of glasses. The top of Derek’s head is too high a pedestal for our personalities. During our evening runs in the park, we notice the figures of people placed on elevated stands for all observers to admire. But few do. Most people walk by them without a glance. We don’t even want to be put in that position. Too much responsibility for a “thing” to have. We are not too big for the feet that fill us. We’re content with being shoes. We are not consumed with def...
Weekly Contest #339
"Coffee makes killing easy."At least that is what Aidlen’s mentor used to say. As he watched the chocolate-colored drops fall into his favorite chipped mug, the voice of his teacher, Blarero, whispered out with the steam. “There are only two tools you need to make it in this job,” said the grizzled old man. “A weapon and cup o’ mud. Coffee makes killin’ easy.” Aidlen had scoffed, back then. It sounded like an exaggerated simplification of the necessary skills a hitman (or hitwoman) needed. How to clean your gun, the patience to watch your ta...
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