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Inexorable
Consumed by sin.
Devoured by t i m e.
Literature
Saving You
Dear Jessie,
If I could save you, I would.
If hands could mend failing lungs and piece together the shattered fragments of bones;
if fingers could sift through DNA and marrow, pull out the poison clogging up arteries,
siphon fluid bursting from synovial sacs and corroding joints;
if words could build you a bed in the nighttime sky,
string together stars and create a cavern in the crescent moon;
I would.
I would blindfold eyes and stitch shut mouths,
covers ears and tie tight hands.
If only I could.
But, wait.
Wait until your tongue is staining the inside of your mouth with lies;
wait until your bones have composed themselves
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Entente
Professor Scudder's study was hot, dark, and crowded with memorabilia from his years in the tropics. Doctor Myron Handley sat and sweated in the uncomfortable plastic seat usually reserved for undergraduate backsides. He tried not to look at his colleague as the large elderly gentleman held a chocolate éclair in one hand, a glass of warm Cognac in the other, and alternately conveyed the two towards the general region of his mouth. Doctor Handley was all too conscious that he needed Scudder for the project to work at all, but that didn't mean he had to like it.
"And then, '46, we had a spot of bother," Professor Scudder spoke between
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There was a roach on the floor.
I killed it.
I would've gotten away with it, too...
I killed it.
I would've gotten away with it, too...
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LOL I love it!