February 2012
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Pillow Talk
Your mouth is filled with feathers
to soften the blow of your words.
They were once the ruffled costumes
of birds who took off
to retreat from the looming cold.
Having found the golden shores
and palm trees I never gave you,
they stripped themselves naked
and plucked themselves clean of residue
from previous seasons. They have resigned
to just walking away.
smittenbones asked: Saw that one of my friends was following you on twitter, then one thing led to another and I ended up liking your entries. I like your style of writing :)
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Bed of Nails
The first night we slept
on a bed of nails,
you woke me up at 3 am
and asked me “Honey, tell me again,
why couldn’t we afford blankets?”
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Paper Shoes
Introduction: This short story (and first attempt at flash fiction) is based on the song request of my awesome friend Kara Chung AKA thelostandprofound! Check out her photos and drawings. Holy moley.
This one’s based on Paper Shoes by Incubus. A little disclaimer, there are no paper shoes in this story. At least not literal ones. Haha.
Everything changed when you brought up the...
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Wild Man
Introduction: My lovely friend, Apa, had the idea to take song requests and make stories out of them. I asked him if I could do the same thing, and he said he was okay with it.
This short story is based on Wild Man by Kate Bush, as requested by Apa, whose tumblr you can find here. I know this needs a crapload of editing, but I don’t know what to change or add or remove anymore.
“Do...
