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the loneliest group in the world

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

The broken parties
pulled up their chairs to confide
tales of hiding out.

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behind the storm

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

They crawled out, grateful
to be alive and thinking
about death’s house call.

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failure by proxy

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Not so much bang and
whimper, but fading passion
and indifference.

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if she could talk to the animals

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

The caregiver wraps
booboos on scraped paws and sings
of quiet jungles.

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the state of dreams

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Some dream of escape,
others of the past, and some
see nothing asleep.

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the lambs have stopped screaming

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

The flock of fluffy
sheep crowded toward the streams of
grass on the bare plain.

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pastry crash

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

The sculpted tower
of sugar shatters into
bitter, sweet pieces.

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the accidental lab of the fifth dimension

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Somehow, the students
found laws of the universe
heretofore unknown.

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the warrior class

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

The soldiers trudge through
their ordered routine of long
days, boredom and shock.

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the persistent caller

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

He would ring up the
clerk throughout the week, only
to find the line dead.

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loose lips

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

The office gossip
thrives on chaos and lives for
schadenfreude and snark.

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virtual villages

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Door to door in the
cyber communities means
you can’t scrounge sugar.

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an endless supply of hot water

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Teacups rattle at
the prospect of liquid and
leaves stirring within.

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make way for dragons

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

From a distant shore,
the winged beast swoops in to eat
any stray townsfolk.

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julie

Friday, January 20th, 2012

A childhood friend grows
into a fighter, only
to lose to cancer.

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