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Screeching Tyres. Flashing Lights.

Pen.to.paper

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Ben was in the library no one really went to, he needed a book for his biology class. He also liked to clear his mind there. He missed his friends, especially Sam an and Emma. College was also a lot to think about, the tests were hard and put a lot of pressure on him. Janice, the old librarien kept a constant chatter as she scanned in the book, telling him about her nephew’s new hobby and then jum...

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Old Friend

Momodou Alieu Jallow

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"You think you’ve gotten big now " he says.

"Not as much as you sadly" I replied, while I filled up two thirds of his visual field.

A burst of laughter followed as we hugged. The sarcasm is particularly familiar. Almost unique I’d say. A mix of childish banter with reality distortion.

After 10 years, we meet again. My childhood friend....

Off Piste

Bertie

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After Shuggie got bored in the library in Rickmansworth and long before his career as an illegal race driver, Shuggie took a break from the daily routine. Unfortunately, it didn’t end well.

Shuggie came to in the soggy bottom of a nettle and dog-pooh bag filled ditch. On balance, he thought, it wasn’t the worst place he’d ever woken up. He had a raging thirst, of course, a head full of broken gla...

Whisper

Courtney

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I was nose deep in Jack Keroac’s “Book of Blues,” when I heard the scraping bang. I snapped my head up, as did every other person in the library, to see clouds of dark smoke clawing at the window.

Eyes were widened and met one another with the same question strewn across their faces: what the fuck? I looked to the librarian’s desk just as she was hanging up the phone receiver.

“Two cars crashed ...

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Conceal, Don’t Feel

June Theriot

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It was dinner time with her college friend group. Elaine glanced across the table at the sweet young man sitting across from her. Paul was her best friend, and though she often wished they could be something more, she hid her feelings for the sake of her friend Ella. Ella had confided in her several days before that she liked Paul. _“And that’s fine,”_ she thought to herself. _“All I really want i...

Romance

Take A Walk

Poetry_Lens

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Please take my hand,

There’s burglars on my land.

Climbing up with force,

Bullet wounds in headed horse.

Strength comes at a price,

With crisp and spice.

Your hand is cool but moist,

Dear lady, what is your choice?

Will you swim oceans or conquer troops?

A washed up land with scuffed up boots.

Watery waves come a crashing,

Chunks of China come a smashing.

I love you so very much,

Please remembe...

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America

Tessa🦋

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Listen to our cries

The suffering will not stop

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Does Everything Happen For a Reason?

Luna Moon✨🌙

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The shots we didn’t shoot

The doubts we let take over

The thoughts we left unfinished

The stuff that goes to waste.

The words we’ll never say

The love we never gave

The things we never spoke

Opportunities we left untouched.

It haunts me when I think of it

Everything that could’ve happened had I chosen a different path.

Some say everything happens for a reason; does it?

All the things I did

All ...

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The untold

Alex

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“I knew I’d regret it if I didn’t say it right now.”

My voice echoing through the air, making my words loud and ugly.

“You are such a piece of shit. You know that?!” He begans to storm down the cellar to his room, until I grab his arm. “I know you want to just run away but just-“ I paused for a moment.

“Listen, for the love of god, listen to me even if you hate me and don’t care to listen just.” M...

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The Sock Goblins

June Theriot

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The little boy was curled up under his covers in fear. He could hear his father’s shouting and cursing as he beat his mother. Tears began to flow down his cheeks. He wished it would stop, wished it would end, but he was too weak to protect his mother.

Suddenly, he felt a slight tug on his left sock. He wriggled around and turned on the light to find a very confused green creature holding hood soc...

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