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Submitted to Contest #269
Perfection. I need perfection. It doesn’t sound perfect yet, but it will. It has to. It must be perfect. I reach out for my typewriter once again. I no longer feel the blisters, I only know they are there because of the blood on my fingers. It is a small price to pay for perfection. The clicking sound of the keys bring me comfort and anger all at once.I can see and feel the words in my head, but they don’t translate to the literary perfection I seek, the perfection I want to give the world. Each page I write is now worse than the one before....
Submitted to Contest #268
This story includes sensitive subjects involving substance abuse, self harm, sexual situations, and mental health problems. __ The air tends to smell of freshly fallen rain. The type of scent that reminds you of your childhood, of slightly damp mud. The scent that would always end up in wet grass stains on your Sunday outfit. I am cold. I feel the humidity deep in my bones. Maybe one more drink will warm me up? I ask myself, already knowing the answer. The bitter end of the bottle brings me dizziness but not warmth; it do...
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