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Submitted to Contest #54
When I was little, let's call it nine, I wrote nineteen words to a page. My sentences were three words long. I wrote them poorly. Often they could not be read at all. So poorly written were these rotten words that I got my own special program. Not the 'special learners' program, for the kids in need of a slow lane. No, my little class of two was much slower than that. They called me Will S and my partner in lyrical poverty Will C. We shared the same name, as we shared our failures. But time changes all things, and by my blooming teenag...
Submitted to Contest #53
Red bleeds into blue. Blue drenches white. White drips, drips, drips to the stone below. The world is angry, hot, a dog’s breath welcomed in waves. The sun seeks to restore a golden brown over the land, and I yearn to be free from her urgent undertaking. But I control myself. The shade is cool. The insects buzz. The birds chirp. And I watch my icicle drip, drip, drip. Below, the splashes of sugar gather a crowd. Ants. Beautiful little ants, with sapphire blue bodies, and a single golden crown upon their heads. I k...
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