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Literature
The Library
You know what I am: the slight stench of mould hidden in long-forgotten books, covered up by the deodorant of sunburnt pages and the memory of rain, doorways to other places flickering in your periphery, thoughts chasing each other; ideas rustling, life on the tip of your tongue, an ebb and flow of pulses and minds — you suck it in so you’re filled with it, with everything I am.
Don’t lie. I know a Reader when I see one. You’re the ones who linger over embossed covers, trace the tanned edges of crisp pages with the tips of your fingers, the tip of your mind. It excites you to be in one realm, on the verge of so many o
Literature
Paper-Thin Promises
the first time I caught sight of your
glistening, marble eyes,
I decided you disgust me.
I hate you the way I hate perfection:
merciless, like the snap of mantis jaws.
every fact of you is pretentious,
held high like you raise a middle finger.
You, the artist, always sculpting things,
tried to squeeze my malleable heart like white clay
and stash it in your pocket to rattle with stones.
paint me an unflinching self portrait, my dear:
this skyscraper of a boy shaking with anticipation
to build and destroy, build and destroy.
you sink in tooth and talon at first mention of beauty,
love-biting Aphrodite as though you were equals.
you're a statu
Literature
the science of sleep.
i don't sleep anymore. or at least i don't think i do. it's one of those things i stopped keeping track of like the number of words that make my mother cry (cancer, lists). if i'm being honest, i stopped sleeping (maybe) around the time i started thinking in a series of parentheses.
because i don't sleep, my arteries demand too much air (oxygen, clean) from the space outside my window. i make my room my heart, cold. it fills with a wind only bricks can breathe, an ice only soil is willing to withstand. i am winter's soul.
the world becomes a different place when you stop noticing sound (mute, black and white film) and start noticing every m
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(Contest running until 31st March - you don't have to be a member to enter ^^)
My story came third
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(Contest running until 31st March - you don't have to be a member to enter ^^)
My story came third
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Writer's block is a nightmare!!! XDD And just like you said, when we fight it... we loose the plot.... or forget WHY we're doing this chapter like that hahaha
Love it!!
Love it!!