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Act1.outside. M1: "Excuse me, did you drop this?" Woman: "I've never seen that before!" M2: "It's mine..." M2 grabs egg & runs.
about 21 hours ago
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we gave her a name, but she lost it. we gave her two legs - she ran so hard, they burned into her hips. then, the shoulderless flight. away!
6:40 PM Nov 23rd
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hummingbird heartbeat - rapid bounce of a tennis ball from floor to hand - rubbery rush of blood pumped through hardwood to eardrum and back
10:30 AM Nov 22nd
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every sound was too loud. and when she slept, her ears made mistakes. the bed was an auditorium floor, the pillows were planks dropped hard.
8:49 AM Nov 19th
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act1. a pasture. cowbot staggers in. cb: 'help...someone! farmer spence, ma...where IS everybody?' a crow circles. cow-bot off.
2:32 PM Nov 17th
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act1: kitchen, dawn. E: did she ever visit you? mom, i mean. Y: once-but i wasn't there. (INT) act2: porch. E&Y sit in silence.
11:06 AM Nov 10th
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It wasn't at all like the movies, where the arches crumbled as characters ran through them. They stood tall while my bare feet screamed by.
7:30 AM Nov 9th
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marv and sara took turns reading from the dictionary while yon, unsure of what to do, slowly picked at his tuna sandwich.
8:09 PM Nov 3rd
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jailbird, jailbird. your voice is dull. your feathers are soaked. your beak is dented from the bang bang bang on rails that match stripes.
7:18 PM May 7th
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this was the day, wasn't it? it crept by quietly like a gumshoe detective carrying a grenade. such invisible grace with graceless apology.
9:16 AM Apr 30th
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He peaked his head around the corner to see; It was just the wind blowing hardened petals from stem to surface. A pause, wind tipping grace.
9:44 PM Apr 27th
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Seth heard a crinkling from the next room, like the sound of a gift being wrapped. A pause, more paper scraping on the hardwood table.
9:41 PM Apr 27th
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"It looks fake", she said. "It does not look fake." He corrected. "It looks unreal."
6:36 PM Apr 25th
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feathers became weights and just before something dropped into my hand, i saw it falling fast and exaggerated - like a cartoon.
8:17 PM Apr 21st
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shouts on wires - caw caw caw - hands on fire - flame paw - digital balance - careful. it's too hot, too high and you can't walk like that.
11:06 AM Apr 8th
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thousands of tiny moths flew out, ricocheting off the blackboards. chalky, white wings up in the middle of a night so black it was blue.
9:58 PM Apr 2nd
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we spent the day resuscitating ghosts, their white heads lined up and ready. mouths open like a phantom choir, humming through the hollow.
10:10 AM Mar 31st
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lee's hyper-use of exclamation points had our class believing he was always happy. i saw them as upside down amputees, drained and black.
9:39 AM Mar 29th
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She imagined this would be the song to hold a baby to. Their bodies hiccuping against tearing wallpaper to the beat of "There, there."
9:20 PM Mar 24th
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"I like how the yellow in your socks matches the yellow in your sweater..." he remarked. "I'm going to think about that later." (b.h.)
2:36 PM Mar 23rd
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- Name karen stern
- Bio 'We didn't know Stephan could run that fast' and other short pieces
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