Writing Prompt
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Prompt
London
Manchester
Bournemouth
Write a story or poem set in one of these cities
Writings
Papers, cups, and wrappers fly
as the next tube approaches.
People stand, adults holding
their kids hand.
Two beaming lights and then a blur
of red, white, and bkue.
Some remain sitting, while others
stand, ready to get off.
The doors slide open as people leave
and others scramble on,
not wanting to get separated.
When they close, it sits.
One second.
Two seconds.
And it's off.
Until the next o...
I came to London to make a change to my life. To leave everything that had been taunting my thoughts in the past. Yet somehow I jumped back into the life I so desperately wanted to leave. I found myself surrounded by people like the ones I had ran from. I wanted to change and I thought London would be the place too but, now I see how wrong I was......
I’m not from Manchester
It’s not where I’m from
I’m from Scotland that’s where i belong
I love Scotland and i always will
If you come to Scotland you sure will get your fill
But that’s not what’s this is about
I like Manchester that there’s no doubt
All i know about Manchester is the football
Or soccer or whatever it is you call
But i think Scotland is the best
And i think that should be express...
Is so hard to let go
Why is that?
Because you really the first person that I open up
Saw me at my worst
Watched me grow
Could really be my true self with
Would smile even if I did some weird thing
But things change
We weren’t the same people when we first dated
But we still try to work it out
Just like you didn’t notice that you hurt me
You didn’t notice that I didn’t forgot or forgave too
I ...
ONE
I first saw the advert on Craigslist. I was looking for job offers in my area, having had trouble finding a job with good pay that had flexible hours.
What first interested me was the title:
LOOKING FOR WORKERS- DISCRETION NEEDED.
That was it. No information on the job- or at all, really. Hell, even the prostitute positions made it pretty clear what they wanted.
I clicked onto the page.
...