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Janice Lee

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Vents Open Anyway

Weekly Contest #374

Have you ever heard the saying “Be careful who you vent to. Vents lead to other rooms”? Like the way air passes effortlessly from person to person. And despite trying your best to contain your thoughts in your brain, keeping that air trapped within a 4-by-4 wall of private, unshared thoughts, the stagnant air and depleting oxygen can cause a mental version of ‘cerebral hypoxia’. The world tells you repeatedly to hold your thoughts to yourself. But while that may make you all the wiser, that kind of paranoia would ultimately cause you to suff...

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Elegie Op. 3 No. 1

You should really try to play, I said. I stared into the alluring black and white keys. The room was unusually quiet, but there was the soft tapping of my fingernails on its cool and cold frame. I bet you would be incredible. No, she replied with a terse smile and stared at me. Her fingers longingly caressed the keys with a slow and careful measure. They strained to stay away from its beautiful splendor. Her smile was not one of pleasure. Her lips grimaced with unfortunate wrath. With her thin, rigid elbows and her ebony eyes, her eyes wer...

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