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Sammy woke abruptly from his dream.
He was back in the garden in the sunshine but the scene was still vivid in his mind. Mummy pale and lifeless with bruises on her throat. Daddy slumped over her, blood seeping from his chest.
Sammy's mother glanced across at him.
"That's a lovely smile, sweetheart," she said.
He was back in the garden in the sunshine but the scene was still vivid in his mind. Mummy pale and lifeless with bruises on her throat. Daddy slumped over her, blood seeping from his chest.
Sammy's mother glanced across at him.
"That's a lovely smile, sweetheart," she said.
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Our shadows were children
the horizon a nightlight,
my skin Vodka white
in the womb
of the Atlantic,
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conducting electricity
strip wire symphony,
naked limbs paired and
easily divided
in the remainder
wading
between constants;
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A 55 - ie a piece of flash fiction exactly 55 words long ^^
This is my first attempt at the form. Tiny bit dark perhaps ^^" Came to me when I was trying to get off to sleep...
This is my first attempt at the form. Tiny bit dark perhaps ^^" Came to me when I was trying to get off to sleep...
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Darkness delivered in one brutal slice. Love it!