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Submitted to Contest #167
Routine never fails to surprise. A peck on my soft cheek lays a wet parting gift as my mother trips out our brightly painted door. The sunshine yellow now starting to peel and twist into wrinkles at its edge, justifying our impulsive stroke of competence of suddenly knowing how to paint weathered hardware. A hand flies into the crack of the closing door as a last wave before escaping the jaws, snapping back into the doorframe. I stand once again in stillness, eyeing the two hands printed on the door face with craft paint signing our existenc...
Submitted to Contest #138
The reflected light from the cheap glass face of my watch strikes my eyes, staining my vision shades of purple and grey as I check for the time. The hand shifts to 12: 72. A sudden dry taste burdens my mouth and chokes my breath into an airy cough. I sip the last of the water struggling at the bottom of my flask. Living inside the glass cloche dome sets our world ablaze with the light which never surrenders and the ever thick atmosphere. The fat drops of built up condensation on the surface above spontaneously fall to instantly die upon impa...
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