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Weekly Contest #360
I know this is all my fault; there’s no one to blame except myself for my failures. I must force myself to remember every single detail, so I don’t forget as I so commonly have about things of my earlier life. In this universe, it is so easy to lose minutes and often days. This is especially true given how long my time here has been. I had to exist on this earth alone and therefore put up with serious shortcomings in knowledge. It’s a punishment and a fair one in that. I deserve to linger in this universe trying to remain anonymous. It’s jus...
My Barbies always ended up with Ken. That was their destiny, what their plastic smiles had been molded for. They deserved Ken, a big dreamhouse, and children running through its perfectly pink halls. I always thought I was sophisticated because my Barbie and Ken fought. Seven-year-old me believed it was cool that they lived a normal life instead of imagined perfection.As you might expect, that set me up for a less-than-great love life.No one I dated was right for the right reasons. I liked John because he had a big house and parents who ador...
Weekly Contest #358
Never gamble on something you care about. Gamble on something that doesn’t matter to you, so that when it all falls apart, it doesn’t hurt.Because it will fall apart.Maybe not all at once. Maybe not in a way you can immediately see. Maybe it falls so slowly that you start to think the people who warned you about the risks were silly. The reward feels too good. Too easy. Every day it holds together becomes another reason to believe you were right.Then the cracks begin.At first, they are small enough to ignore. Easy to explain away. Easy to pr...
Weekly Contest #353
Gary Stevens always hoped for a happy future, a happy wife, and happy kids. Every 20-year-old’s dream in the 1940’s. He met Laura in an unconventional way, but he knew from the start she was the one. Gary was walking down the sidewalk daydreaming, as he so commonly did, not paying attention to anything or anyone. The sun was shining on the green lush grass and the birds were singing happily in the park. He was a lucky kid, born in a small town in Illinois that had been less affected by the great depression. He was doing well for him and that...
Weekly Contest #352
Red colors my world, I see it in my hobbies, in my emotions. I own red, if not, then why would it appear to me so much. Some say it’s because I’m constantly looking for it, but I think red finds me. I allow myself to chase red occasionally. My joy is in the fate of red finding me but also the times when I savor choosing it. Today, is the chasing day, oh, my very favorite day. I knew it was, because today I saw a red cardinal in my backyard. Incredibly majestic, just lounging on the wooden board that hangs from my tree. My red cardinal, dra...
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