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Doll In A Case

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The voices calm My back is sharp I have been impaled On this street corner I cannot

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An Incident In The Underworld

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“You’ll be going back to your Mother, then?” the housemaid asked as she set down the

Robert Weeks

Ice Swimming

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the thrill of thin ice the familiarity of worry the comfort of self pity the yearnin

Michael T. Miyoshi

Amongst the Beach Detritus

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Beach detritus. You always hope you’ll find Aladdin’s lamp or the corner of a buried

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Godsoup

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I have always dreamed of revolution. Something that would send ripples through the wo

Just a worm

Morning after

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The nausea crept up her throat From the pit of her stomach; The realisation that yest

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Kingdom

𝔖𝔥𝔞𝔡𝔬𝔴

1 min read

Under your veil,

is our mind.

Put control on this scale,

and thy aches will rescind.

Break my skin,

to feel warm.

Thoughts that swarm,

this isn't a sin.

In this chest,

is our heart.

This love manifest,

with this life's chart.

Beneath the surface,

we all need care.

against battles we don't share,

in our space.

...

All of us have battles, whether we share them or not, they may be bloody or in o...

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Poetry

The Music Within

C. Muna

1 min read

You know that feeling when a song just...gets you?

Like it reaches down deep inside and pulls out all those raw emotions

That's how blues hits her

It's got this ache, that yearning for something that she can't have

It's like a slow, mournful river winding it's way through her heart and each note is a little tear falling into water

The world outside faded away as she slipped the headphones ov...

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In The Heat

Pen.to.paper

3 min read

We might never escape. And it’s all his fault. I told him to fill up the car bacause it would be a long drive; the desert is hot and we know nothing about it. But did he listen to me ? No, he didn’t. And why didn’t he ? I really don’t know. But let me tell you how we got here.

I’ve been planning this trip for months, I absolutely love road trips. I asked my brother, Josh, if he wanted to join me,...

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What Lies Beneath

Birdy

1 min read

_Beneath the Surface, their masks quickly come off, and their smiles fade as the lies, horror, and insanity resume instantly._

_Beneath the Surface, it's dark, cold, lonely, hopeless, and dirty. Food is sparse, like help or love._

_Beneath the Surface, it's either total chaos or insane misery that drags on endlessly until the cycle repeats day after day._

_Beneath the Surface, they put on...

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Mother’s Tune

Deanna Sage

1 min read

If only the tunes of old could bring back with them the souls that were once reciting the notes. If only the memories could be held, gripped as tight as my mother’s arms used to hold me as her lips painted each melody through the icy night air. Bring forth that nostalgic backing track of crackling firewood that fit so well beneath her vocals, and the soothing sedate pluck of the lute, guiding my c...

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Music

Tessa🦋

1 min read

Listen to the sounds

Calming and soft

The sounds rebound

From the ground to the loft

Hear the melody

Humming and swaying

Thoughts just for me

Do you what it’s saying...

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Wishes And Ashes

Vj Lines

1 min read

If wishes feel like rain,

Then certainly I am a storm.

But the thoughts of my own brain,

Will flip just like a coin.

Uncertain I am of my next wish,

Of which I can't even cherish.

I am afraid of what I wish for,

Cause that won't happen and I am sure.

Certainly I am a storm,

drowning myself in the wishes

that they just turn into the ashes!...

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Afraid

Poetry_Lens

1 min read

They look down on me because of the uniform,

They don’t know I’m also war-torn.

Greyer hair clings on for duality of life,

Soldiers like me often turn for the knife.

People didn’t think we had much worth,

It’s not our choice to be a soldier, not ever from birth.

Rats scurry in the trench to hide from rain,

While we shelter from bullets engraved with our name.

I’m not ashamed to admit I am scared...

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Simple Instruments

WriteGuy1

1 min read

Listen to the water drop

As it hits your very forehead

Do you hear how it feels?

Vibrant and loud,

Resonant on the crown

The violin cortet

The cellos and base

Vivacious vibrations

How subtly is the place

Where the flutes dance merrily

And hit you on the temple

Beneath the gray cloud trumpets

Sounds of a crescendo

The impactful innuendo

Of the magnificent woodwind momento

Beneath th...

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diary of someone with two fates

Rheese’s Puffs

2 min read

Dear diary,

My “parents” force me to work several jobs, then take my earnings for their own spending, because they themselves don’t want to work. They don’t even buy food or clothes with my money — the woman spends it on alcohol, while that man gambles it away. Yet they have the audacity to wonder why we’re poor.

I’ve been able to save up some money behind their back, and I almost have enough t...

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