Submissions by Tue
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Failbot
It's Not You, It's Me
As is apparent in the written report evaluating the performance, function and overall health of this enterprise, the outlook is indeed grim.
Investments made in the first quarter of the current fiscal year did not prove gainful and the expected synergy from previous years strategies did not yield any net gains.
Instead we saw a sharp decline in Q2 due to a couple of gambles that didn't pan out, which in conjunction with The Scandal caused stock prizes to plummet.
Talk of attempts to explore new avenues and revitalise through the formation of a new long term project and offshoot...
Investments made in the first quarter of the current fiscal year did not prove gainful and the expected synergy from previous years strategies did not yield any net gains.
Instead we saw a sharp decline in Q2 due to a couple of gambles that didn't pan out, which in conjunction with The Scandal caused stock prizes to plummet.
Talk of attempts to explore new avenues and revitalise through the formation of a new long term project and offshoot...
#breakup
#prose
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Sketch #010
Jenny dared to dream big
Devising intricate plans for the future
Making a lot of lists
Colour coordinated
Cross referenced
Complete
Put them all neatly in a binder
Decorated it with inspirational quotes and motivational mantras
She looked at it and felt very accomplished
Took the binder and placed it neatly on the shelf with the others
Noting with a small "hm" how they had gotten thinner over time
Devising intricate plans for the future
Making a lot of lists
Colour coordinated
Cross referenced
Complete
Put them all neatly in a binder
Decorated it with inspirational quotes and motivational mantras
She looked at it and felt very accomplished
Took the binder and placed it neatly on the shelf with the others
Noting with a small "hm" how they had gotten thinner over time
#prose
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Movement (A Sketch Based On a Picture)
Summer evening
Band is playing
That song is the encore
Starts to make her spirit soar
The music grabs her, she starts to sway
At first so delicate, then will gives way
18, skinny, blooming fast
Wanting to make this moment last
Body moving with such coy pleasure
Rhythmic ecstasy, hinting at a secret treasure
The way her hair shines in the setting sun
The way her eyes smile so brightly it stuns
Her dance is altogether fire
As I watch her from...
Band is playing
That song is the encore
Starts to make her spirit soar
The music grabs her, she starts to sway
At first so delicate, then will gives way
18, skinny, blooming fast
Wanting to make this moment last
Body moving with such coy pleasure
Rhythmic ecstasy, hinting at a secret treasure
The way her hair shines in the setting sun
The way her eyes smile so brightly it stuns
Her dance is altogether fire
As I watch her from...
#lust
#dance
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Counting
A couple of minutes walk away from the party
Champagne bottle in hand
Lying in the meadow
"How many do you think there are?" she asked
"Probably around 3000," I replied
"Now you are just being silly!"
"I'm pretty sure I read somewhere it was around 3000. Go on then. Count them."
She gave up after 97
We held hands
I conceded there might be more although 3000 was quite a big number
They all shone for us
Champagne bottle in hand
Lying in the meadow
"How many do you think there are?" she asked
"Probably around 3000," I replied
"Now you are just being silly!"
"I'm pretty sure I read somewhere it was around 3000. Go on then. Count them."
She gave up after 97
We held hands
I conceded there might be more although 3000 was quite a big number
They all shone for us
#happiness
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Sketch #006
They only hire the best
Rigorous screening in all aspects
Burt, 39, summa cum laude, happily married, father of 3, fit, happy, eager
Sat on an examinition table underneath harsh lights
Three distinguished white coats in attendance
One white coat looked at the screen
Then at Burt, making a grimace
Then back to the screen
The other now on his third stethoscope
Poked and prodded and listened
Listened again, then shaking his head
The third in the corner on the phone
Talking in a...
Rigorous screening in all aspects
Burt, 39, summa cum laude, happily married, father of 3, fit, happy, eager
Sat on an examinition table underneath harsh lights
Three distinguished white coats in attendance
One white coat looked at the screen
Then at Burt, making a grimace
Then back to the screen
The other now on his third stethoscope
Poked and prodded and listened
Listened again, then shaking his head
The third in the corner on the phone
Talking in a...
#prose
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Sketch #005
Keith smiled lovingly at his wife across the table
He had ordered the foie gras
She the soup
"20 years tonight!" he thought to himself
Smile solidifying into a familiar rictus
With each loud slurp Keith would stab his thigh with the fork
He had ordered the foie gras
She the soup
"20 years tonight!" he thought to himself
Smile solidifying into a familiar rictus
With each loud slurp Keith would stab his thigh with the fork
#prose
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Sketch #002
Jimenez and Juniper told Mr. Andrews in the elevator that there were free jam doughnuts in the staff room
Mr. Andrews dropped his briefcase and started licking and smacking his lips at the thought
He began to hum atonally and very loud, still licking and smacking
At times he would jump with a loud yelp
Mr. Andrews really liked jam doughnuts
Mr. Andrews dropped his briefcase and started licking and smacking his lips at the thought
He began to hum atonally and very loud, still licking and smacking
At times he would jump with a loud yelp
Mr. Andrews really liked jam doughnuts
#prose
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Sketch #001
Wembo immediately dropped the brush
All the bluebells were now a dull brown
And he saw that it was good
All the bluebells were now a dull brown
And he saw that it was good
#prose
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