Stories posted 6/12/2007
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The Box

“The frequency spectrum of a TV signal contains bursts of energy at harmonic multiples of the horizontal scanning rate. If yo…
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Chain Lightning: Interlude I

Sophia marveled at how beautiful the flowers were this summer. Flower boxes tumbling with blooms lined every main road of Mer…
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We Three

I realized that we have more definitive qualities, that are equally important for you to understand what makes us a three-som…
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It All Started Upside Down

It all started upside down. I guess that’s the only way to say it. Not that “upside down” is a bad place to be; just a trifle…
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Random Haikus 001
an eye that wont rest
bloodshot and yearning for sleep
stuck in this cycle-
a snowflake falls down
and rests upon a pi… -
S&M Haikus 001
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picture perfect memory

Side by side. Moment by moment. The memories were drawn together and woven through the holes in my memory were rosebeds waiti…
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Bad Poem One
I am a well worn book with a tattered cover seeking a reader who will embrace me and love me despite my flaws.
My spine is …
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50 Doors

I realized I was hungry again. So for the first time, I sat down with my backpack to fully investigate its contents. I was mu…
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Mrs. Popularity
A car ride that would be thought of like you think of the devil, yea that was what i experienced as a girl moving from Calif…
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Blackout
“So how has your day been?” Evan asked. It wasn’t often that he got to meet his girlfriend Laura for lunch.
“Oh, nothing ter…
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I can't go yet

I lay there, quietly, counting the last seconds of my life.
My family sits on my bed, water flowing from their eyes.
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Shiny Mudballs
The pair boosted forward into the asteroid’s single inset airlock, pulling a cargo sled behind them. It eased into the habita…
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The Dance of the Trees
All you could hear was the wind;
It was dancing with the trees.
It’s a slow and graceful dance;
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Who am I?
I am in my own world.
A world of happiness, compassion, and joy.
The aroma of flowers,
is what I want to smell.
The birds chi… -
Joey and Sparks, part 2

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I can't believe!

You know I have always been fascinated at how attuned and sensitive people are to their names. Whenever someone hears their n…
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Where am I going?

I boarded the plane, not knowing what to expect.
Am I going away? If I am, how far?Am I going to like it there?
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Summer
Splashing in the waves
Under water in a cave
Me? i’m tanning in the sun
My beach time is all about fun
Except sometimes, whe… -
Summer(revised version)

Splashing in the waves
Under water in a cave
Most can find me tanning in the sun
My beach time is all about fun
Except someti… -
The quiet moment

What would we do if the moment, when the dance stopped, never began again?
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Stay
Betrayed, belittled, between two opinions.
So high, so low.
So fast… so slow.
Take this burden from me, finally let me be… -
I can't smile anymore
I can’t smile anymore.
I can’t laugh off the hurtful jokes
and pretend everything’s ok
when it’s really not.
My heart is sca… -
Someone like you

Hidden behind the doors of insecurity, closed off with the lock of fear, lies my love.
No one may enter, only I hold the key…. -
Entry to Rome

Rome was very different from what Anso was used to. Florence was a large enough city with all of the chaos and madness that w…
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In The Photo And The Dream

“They brought a guy in the hospital. He was…” Ernie struggled to find the right words. “You were there. You were a little f…
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Gardens' Aloud

Amilie still followed him. He turned on his heels, and his eyes were large and dark. “Leave me. I need to find the garden.” S…
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Last Day Bets
I’ve got one day to finish the bet. I have to go through with it. No matter what happens, i HAVE to FINISH the bet…
BUT HO…
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The Dancing Always Starts Again

When the dancing stopped, the dancers left the floor: sweating, happy, drunk off the heady mix of touching, being touched and…
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Just Junk For Sale

Here comes the first customer. I can just feel the tension.
Don’t make me lie, don’t make me lie…
“Good Afternoon, welc…
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They Will Surely Pay

Hallucinations again?! Damn, has it been that long since I took my meds? After I swallowed the small purple pill, I carefully…
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Struggle

He counted his money and he counted his time. They said he had 6 months if he was treated, maybe a month if not. If a month i…
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Not Worth It
Maryanne flipped her dark hair over her shoulder. “Well…” she drawled, “you guys just don’t do what I want to do at recess….
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Illusion
Waiting…. watching….wondering…
Hourglass pouring grains of sand,
each like an ancient second hand.
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Waste My Life for You
Some things you are never ready for. A death, a cheating boyfriend, exams. This would be one of those moments.
“Sari, I love…
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Dazed and Confused
At four in the morning, I decided I was tired of my cactus. I mean, it played checkers with the blind kid all night long, and…
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The Cafe
Janis sat at the small table in the cafe, her burnt orange coffee mug cupped in her hands. Smooth Jazz played in the backgrou…
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As the Pieces Fall Into Place

Yeah, at first I was pretty ticked off, but after a while my anger transformed into something more… something like pride. F…
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The Tempo Changes

She was glad to have him back out on the dance floor. There was something special about this night, about him. Watching the l…