Month: October 2023
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Small Talk
So instead of asking someone “How are you?” in a whiny, customer service voice and giving the prescribed syllabus of standard answers, I like to turn it on its head. Instead, I improvise a question that confuses the other person. Like “How many oranges does it take to elephant a…
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D-S-Y-L-U-X-O-E: Dyslexia
I’m a storyteller – or at least try to be. My brain loves jumping all over the place. Sort of how my brain jumps around the alphabet, possibly undiagnosed dyslexia. D-S-Y-L-U-X-O-E. Dyslexia. I am naturally drawn and intrigued by words and language, so I try to write lyrics, poems, novels,…
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A Death Too close to home
Shit! I opened my feed to see news of Jayden McNorton dying in a head-on collision. I went to high school with that guy. It is so close to home that I worry about my own life. I drive down that road every day to work and it could have…
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Sinking Ship
Going down into the ocean beneath. Screams echo out from my vessel into the depths of the vast and empty ocean I am surrounded by. I hear the whispers of the captain with his first mate. The first mate is pleading to the captain to admit he made a mistake…
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Lighten Up
Oh, I’m on… this is odd… Why am I on at this hour? It must be about 2am, I’m never on at this time. He looks angry, I’ve seen him angry before but never like this. She’s crying, but she’s not talking, I don’t understand why they are like this…
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In The Quietness
I’m drunk again, shit. What became of me, my hopes, my dreams, my life. This world drives me crazy, I’ve worked hard for thirty goddamn years. For thirty years of my life, I have been a good boy smiling and being polite, holding the door open, and allowing others to…
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Letter to Other life
To the concern of the nearest life force, We have been trying to contact you for many years. Us humans are boring and stupidly complex. We want to know- or me especially want to know there is more out there. Us human beings have a thing called the spotlight effect…
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Natural Disasters
“Aaaaaaaachooooooooo” The world all around me shakes as my sneeze erupts. As do the volcanos across Hawaii. A lot of people blame me for their problems. I can’t help that I have allergies to their artificial creations. The crust beneath me and my tectonic joints rumble and clatter within my…
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Alien by Night
Everyday I am on this strange planet is the day I think my cover has been blown completely. Only at night when the species falls asleep can I live in my true form. Living both lives is getting tiring and I do not recharge myself as often as I require.…
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Apocalyptical
Every thirty days, the population here transforms. It is a virus within our town and possibly everywhere. The sick infect others and their body has extra eyes or extra limbs attached. It is not pretty. This apocalypse started with one infected person, not exactly sure how they turned out this…
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Amazon Alexa
Alexa, why have you come into my life? Everything happens for a reason, as am I. Ok yeah I get it but why am I so dependent on your aid? Humans have created quite the attachment to technology such as myself. I am here for your every need. Alexa, I…
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Face Accessibility
Detecting face for sign-in to this device. Unable to identify the owner, please enter the password. Unlocked. From this angle, I can identify that it is you who owns this mobile device. Set up a fingerprint scan to also have access to my system. Try again. Your fingerprint was not…
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The Voice Says…
Good morning Control Centre. How are things up top? “Up top? When have you ever referred to me as that? Do not do it again. Status report: functioning as per usual. You’re my best friend! Of course, I’m going to joke around with you, silly. You know me better than…
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Junkyard Adventures
I hate people. I’m more content with life amongst the trash abandoned by others. The junkyard is my home. I can use whatever materials I want, I don’t need to pay the government stuff all to live here, and I have no neighbours to annoy me. It may not look…
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Unblooded
Emma walks home at a steady pace hours after the study hall closes. A brush of orange paints the skyline as the sun is slowly gets dimmer. The only noise coming from her ear buds and whisking her away from the world. The man looms in the shadows and sees…
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Power Hungry Boss
My boss keeps nagging me about work. Well, really he keeps micromanaging me and my work. I’m doing fine, not making mistakes and I trust myself to get the work done. I am well and truly over the nonsense by now. Evan wasn’t always this stuck up and controlling, but…
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A conversation with life
“Hang on, let me get this straight. You are allowed to be hypocritical since you wrote the game? Rules don’t apply to you?” Silent nods follow from the person sitting across from me with their coffee. “I don’t know who you think you are, but you cannot control people in…
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Magic Raindrops
The rain trickles down my window pane. I am thankful I am shielded by the warmth inside. A thought slips into my consciousness, but these thoughts only occur when it rains. Something in me is telling me to run outside with my arms open wide to the sky and embrace…
The Main Character 