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• The Ivory and the Ebony: Decree

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 3 months ago

  Later that day, a telegram was sent to our house (Mom refused to have a phone). Mom muttered under her breath, then sighed he…

• The Ivory and the Ebony: Abrupt Retirement

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 3 months ago

  I had just turned 15, and beginning to learn a movement of a Beethoven concerto, & my mom had turned on the radio in the kitc…

• The Ivory and the Ebony

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 3 months ago

  The ivory and ebony felt cool as I ran my fingers over them, relishing every second of it. I had been kept away so long that …

• The Moominator

  by Lee Braiden 3 months ago

  She squared up to me, fearless as anything. I tried not to give ground. The vital heaving of her chest manifested in hot brea…

• A Change in Perspective

  by Eckhouse 4 months ago

  With the boy’s declaration, the man in the suit finally broke his countenance.

  “That is entirely premature,” he replied. Joh…

• Behind

  by LovingYourHeartbreak♥ 5 months ago

  The word in itself
  Is but a word
  But the person behind it
  Is a life.

  The person behind the eyes
  Is the person inside.
  Who th…

• A Matter Of Perspective

  by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 5 months ago

  “Master,” Timmins said, somewhat nervously, “I don’t understand.”

  “Understand what, my boy?” Mordecai the Red asked, as they…

• Throwing Dreams out the Window

  by [pens&feathers] 9 months ago

  I’m sitting here on the third floor, wishing dreams out the window. I imagine them falling to the ground, almost like snow, a…

• She and I

  by Stovohobo 10 months ago

  I can hear her sigh softly as she caresses me. I curse myself—how embarrassing it was for me to have such flaky skin, of a…

• School Always Sucked

  by ianseamusmacgregor about 1 year ago

  Radical combat boots?

  They call that crap “zero tolerance”. Its on its way out! Lawsuits I read, no more Gestapo tatics. But…