STORY STARTER
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The world will burn.
Opening with this line, write a poem or story that also ends with this line having a completely different meaning.
Built To Burn
The world will burn
and maybe then they’ll listen.
They carved gods from stone
but gave her no name—
just whore, witch, wife.
She birthed empires in blood and silence,
then was stoned for bleeding.
In Greece, she was property.
In Rome, a prize.
In Salem, firewood.
In factories, replaceable.
In wars, collateral.
She marched.
She bled for the vote.
She swallowed her rage in offices,
in kitchens,
in courtrooms,
in beds.
Now—
she’s told she’s equal
while she’s followed home with keys between her fingers.
While her “no” is debated.
While her body is still a battleground
legislated by men who will never carry life
or fear losing it just for saying no.
She’s tired of being polite.
She doesn’t want a seat—
she wants the table overturned,
the whole house lit up.
She is the scream,
the storm,
the spark.
The world will burn.