This story is one of the September Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . “So that’s one pot of English breakfast tea for you, madam, and one americano for you, sir.” “Thanks, Owen.” Georgia grins up at me as I place her order on the table. I grin back. Even though she’s […]
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I watch how his cigarette smoke scribbles letters in the air, enchanted. “Where did you learn that?” I ask. His face is dreamy but not in a good way. It’s probably just the jet lag or time marking its passing on his skin. I can’t tell. “Fratboy parties,” he scoffs. He takes a glimpse of […]
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The following scene is an excerpt from the play Lost and Found by Alyssa Ahle. UNREQUITED LOVE: A young woman who carts around her old crushes in a wagon. SIMON: The young man currently situated in Unrequited Love’s wagon. Provides comic relief. LOST: A young man who attends group therapy with Unrequited Love. Act I, Scene […]
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218,632 words in the English language 35,000 words known to the average person 860.3 million words said in one lifetime Over 200 different ways to say “I love you” So many words but I still can’t find how to tell you “you mean the world to me” I still can’t locate the one word that […]
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The way you look away. Your fingers slide past in a whirl of degradation, Idling not a moment as mine do an era. Your eyes slide past, no pause for the sacred, And those tender and abrupt lips part no more. I have been halted, A storm raging inside, bringing an air of disrepair and […]
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The sunset reflected on your brown eyes. The air was cool, and there were many people around. But somehow, I only saw you. We were fooling around, and you kicked a ball at my sister. I laughed, so did you. Your laugh filled the cool air surrounding us, wrapping around my mind and calming me […]
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So you’re the poet girl of entropy Sorry He is unfortunately likeable And disastrously funny He loves the same books as you You tried, stubbornly you attempted You talked about love like it wasn’t happening Hoping for order to assert itself And gravity to reverse Fierce little poet You never stood a chance The oceans, […]
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Your heart skips a beat…no wait, a few more. It’s that fuzzy feeling you get when you think about that guy you absolutely adore or admire. It’s that moment when you realize that your breathing gets heavy when you pass by them and your eyes follow their every move. Yes, you are in love (or at least […]
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