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Agate, Part I

by Darryl Price, posted 2 days ago 4747 views33 comments22 favs

Go ahead. I know you're going to pushthat door open, push the button you were told not to push. Eat the low hanging fruit.You weren't stopped before, what makes you think you'll be now? It's your hand, either way, but whynot try something different? You've been…

Chromatic Fantasia

by Chris Okum, posted 2 days ago 6565 views22 comments33 favs

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Pain

by Adam Sifre, posted Aug 06, 2024 8484 views00 comments00 favs

My pain is a black pearl hidden in a clean shell.

Every Time It Happens

by Jennifer Donnell, posted Aug 03, 2024 126126 views11 comment22 favs

Every time it happens, I think of Amber Heard and how hard you can be slapped without a bruise forming.

Lovely Gilded Scars

by Emily Sparkles, posted Jul 24, 2024 179179 views44 comments55 favs

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Beaver Tail Beach

by Tim G. Young, posted Jul 13, 2024 215215 views33 comments22 favs

Gulls glide Grey waves crash

How the Monarchs Thrive

by Steven Gowin, posted Jul 12, 2024 164164 views11 comment11 fav

At the time, Leanne was meant to be going with Daryll Keyser. She played bells in Mr. Davis’ marching band, and Daryll played tuba. On the bus home from Tulip Festivals, still in their uniforms, they’d do things to each other in 10-minute turns...

Bowling

by stephen hastings-king, posted Jul 12, 2024 190190 views11 comment11 fav

I had a dream about being in a vintage alley that had bowling balls with adjustable relations to gravity

Mrs. Smedley's Art Class

by Carl Santoro, posted May 18, 2024 629629 views22 comments11 fav

THERE ARE TWO PARTS. FROM PART ONE: (Later the police escort the students out, directing them to keep their hands in the air, as they file out into the parking lot. They wrap Mrs. Smedley in a blanket as she stares out blankly in shock. "How is Linda? Is

Wings and Lace

by Erika Byrne-Ludwig, posted May 10, 2024 430430 views88 comments55 favs

Feelings can't be measured, can't be weighed, can't be evaluated. I imagine invisible wings flitting inside us close to our heart like butterflies on flowers. Unpalpable, elusive, colourless lace. I'd like to be able to touch them, see if they're hot or cold. Perhaps…

DO NOT STOP WALKING!

by Misti Rainwater-Lites, posted May 08, 2024 356356 views66 comments44 favs

There is coffee to the right and whiskey to the left.

Putin Flies!

by strannikov, posted May 08, 2024 301301 views44 comments33 favs

Rumors stranger than usual were circulating in Moskva. Naturally, they could not be confirmed, but they were making the rounds so thickly that they began spilling out of the capital. “Putin has become a superman!”

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

by John Olson, posted Apr 27, 2024 384384 views77 comments66 favs

Marcel Proust had never been to a big-box store before. He was dazzled by the sheer size and scope of the store and the seeming impassivity of the shoppers. So many products, so many shelves, such strangely intriguing examples of the human condition. The people seemed…

line breaks

by Dianne McKnight-Warren, posted Apr 21, 2024 354354 views1010 comments88 favs

I wish

Kevin Kavanaugh RAPED Deirdre by Swimming NAKED In Front of Her When No-One WANTED It!

by Smiley McGrouchpants, Jr-Esq-III, posted Apr 20, 2024 460460 views44 comments22 favs

["And you can tear a building down ... but you can't replace ... the MEMORIES ... "]

No New Clothes for the Empress

by Neil McCarthy, posted Apr 20, 2024 371371 views88 comments66 favs

Because I was not sure if the poet had said yearn or urine, I zoomed in on her mouth as she commanded the lectern...

Viet Thanh Nguyen: Nothing is Resolved

by Jeff Goldberg, posted Apr 15, 2024 471471 views33 comments33 favs

"I write out of a deep need within myself for beauty. A beauty that I think can only be found through the practice, through the sacrifice over time that's required."



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