By arjunsharma on February 23, 2009
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Present Day
It was the first Monday in weeks when I was not in office before ten. As I saw the frosted sundial of my old citizen ticking eleven thirty, I cursed myself for the umpteenth time for choosing that insurance company. I found out that the other companies did not require so many tests after [...]
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By redmandy21 on October 8, 2008
Hypnotized, mesmerized, illegalized
Bound by government and god-payrents
No more guns for you little girl
I never wanted them in the first place Mr.!
Weathering the storm that will ensue
She’s inspired by something (but it’s not really her)
It flows and it’s mine, she proclaims.
“I’m a listless flower waiting for the last stages of bloom” she explains.
The cherry poppin’ prick of a [...]
Posted in Poems & Stories | Tagged Bloom, Bound, Brain, class, Flower, For you, girl, god, Guidance, Guns, inspired, Lace, Lain, list, Little Girl, Muck, Myth, Prick, Rain, Tea, Vitamin C, Weathering The Storm
By b on July 12, 2008
Earlier chapters:
The Rodeo Girl…the dance floor
The Apartment Problem
Glass Question Token
The Little Girl
Live Theatre with Etta
Etta Has Flown the Coop
Face to Face
Choosing
In Retrospect…
Yes
Etta and the Card
The last three chapters:
Part I
Etta and the Lie
Etta had just moved in with Jeffery when the lying began. She had told people that she was childless, married for money and lived [...]
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