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Weekly Contest #351
It was the strangeness of it all that caught my eye, and the knowing it was all for me. All done by a lone, mumbling man, bent near-double over the pottery wheel.His foot pedaled fiercely, his hair fell ragged, he stared unblinking with hands a mess, as turn-by-turn he gave shape to the lump on the wheel before him. Spinning steadily and strong, those hands pulled the ruddy clay tall and hollow, shaping an offering urn for his Prince Divine. For me. Kneeling across from him to watch his work, I could see my name in his heart, and stained on ...
Weekly Contest #336
Good morning. I once loved you. Now you scare the hell out of me. Only now. Now after years and years of knowing you. Only after I left home for months on end, meeting new people and living new lives before making my way back to you. You who hadn’t changed, not a bit since I’d been gone. Still working all those hours, still waking at all those strange, early times. Still leaving bottles and cans in all the usual places, half-empty and stale and forgotten, replaced by another that ended up abandoned right beside the thr...
Weekly Contest #323
I will not wash my hands today. Not at all. Not even thrice. Today is perfect for it- today is THE day for it. The weather is poor and only getting worse. I've no work and no plans and plenty of food that won't dirty my fingers. I can sleep and read and watch movies and not see another soul who might notice how dirty my hands have gotten. Today is perfect for it. I've written out my plan three times and know it by heart. If I don't take the step I never will. Today is the day for it. I will not wash my hands. I don't need to. My hands are ...
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