đ¨đł+đşđ¸/đ¨đŚany pronouns. HSPVA creative writing dept. been writing for four years since fifth grade. age approx 14 years. my older writing is shit so watch out
đ¨đł+đşđ¸/đ¨đŚany pronouns. HSPVA creative writing dept. been writing for four years since fifth grade. age approx 14 years. my older writing is shit so watch out
the game has gone to overtime again.
the game has got our teeth aching, white-knuckled grip on nothing
the game has us praying for a last-minute buzzer beater, a final act of god
the game has the next shift hurting, yet we still believe ourselves to be divine
the game has us all thinking _itâs gonna be me i just know iâll make sure of it_
the game has gone to overtime again.
the game has tha...
[fair warning: this piece is 1.2k words. if you're looking for a snippet, this isn't it.]
[not super accurate to the prompt, just wanted to write some dialogue.]
âHeâs like some neurotic trapped prey animal. Look at him,â Rally says, jerking his head in VoraÄekâs general direction across the kindergarten classroom. âHe deserves a break, at least this time.â
Yen looks up from where heâs directi...
today is the fourth of july.
living here in one of those rural suburbs that folks build around lakes,
every house has a wind chime.
itâs not time for fireworks; the sun is still out.
i should be out of my element.
a small chinese girl in a group of big american boys.
itâs strange.
street hockey.
beach football,
freeze tag.
we play any game that ends in skinned knees.
someone yells for u...
[dedicated to my friend ethan's hatred of oil-burning cars.]
âGod, I hate rotary engines,â Rally bemoans, waving a hand through the air as he lists against the balcony rail. He feels something snap under the heel of his gear, and he tries to look down, but then he gets really dizzy and it kind of makes him want to throw up. So, instead, he continues, âItâs a Dorito spinning in a tin can, dude. A...
[Yes, I know that the IMSA VP does not work like this. Yes, I have driven rally cars. Enjoy the story.]
Youâre not _really_ a rally racer. Well, you could be, but itâs nothing like how it was in the 80âs. Too much safety. Not enough speed. Itâs why you race for IMSA VP, where they have a million useless sponsors andâll take anyone who wants a big silver trophy and can drive a fancy car.
Some p...
he was the star boy. i was a hail mary.Â
he spat at me. heâll need that mouthguard.
all he did was kick me. he put his skate blade
into the back of my neck.
that game didnât happen. there were two
minutes on the clock
when it happened.
i was never scared of him. i am so terrified. i was never scared of him.
he always smelled like copper. i always smelled like ice.
he smells like antisepti...
have you ever slept so little
that when the morning came,
all you could do was move slowly
and try not to fall asleep?
on these days it feels like im being piloted by someone else
someone that i shut down when i was eleven,
because she was too run-down
and tired
spending three years without a power source
dreaming of running through fields green and gold
now all she can do is try not to...
fourteen pieces
you tore me into fourteen goddamn pieces
and for what, set?
a throne? a crown? a title?
howâs it feel to bite when you got rotten teeth?
you killed me
you let my wife find me; she hid me
did you pretend not to know?
did you hide while she tucked me into those reeds,
like a coward?
she could kill you easy, you know.Â
i wonder what you used
a cleave, an axe
or did you rend me lim...
hey, hey
winter boy
crack your golden teeth on these southern bones
donât you think itâs more impressive that i ainât ever seen snow,
yet i can skate just as good as you?
i grown up on rough ice,
in a sketchy town
not your perfect new york lakes
or your shiny boston rinks,
with a cop at every corner.
i was green light-up wheels on black asphalt,
fake jersey that i made myself held...
to the new kid
donât make friends with the big kids, 7th graders will do; if you have friends in the locker room, hold on to that connection for dear life; if someone finds a dead animal out on the soccer field, tattle like youâre in kindergarten because that animal will end up in places it absolutely should not be; if you have missing work, just lie, the teachers trust you more than they trust t...