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Submitted to Contest #330
I had a “minor” emergency yesterday. At least that is what I told my boss. It is funny how something can be so significant to someone, and abysmal to the rest of the world. I watched and sat with you as you became a shell. I stared into the eyes that were full of confusion, pain, and fear as your body betrayed you. These eyes you had at that moment weren’t the joyful deep brown orbs that I was accustomed to. They were unfocused, unseeing, and distant, their gaze fixed not on any object in the room but on some undefined point far beyond. Th...
Submitted to Contest #318
On the cobalt wave, the Rugged Seadog ventured. Much like any pirate ship, this ship was bound for land ho and hidden treasure. The fearless captain at its helm. With compass in hand, he hollered to his men, using all the appropriate pirate commands, absolving his pirate vocabulary with words like “Portside” and “Starboard.” In all honesty Captain Shanty Bim didn’t have the slightest clue where they were going. You see, he had a terrible sense of direction. In fact, he couldn’t fathom how anyone could tell where in the coral blazes they wer...
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